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The President of the Republic called for establishing closer business contacts19.03.2002
This morning, President Arnold Rüütel being on a state visit to Poland left Warsaw for Bialystok where he, at noon, opened a Polish-Estonian economic forum. In his opening words, the President called for seeking for and capitalizing on those advantages which Estonia and the Voivodship of Podlaskie have for developing their mutual relations. "I believe that Estonia's and Podlaskie's enterprises have many different possibilities to trade with each other. Polish businessmen can bring their products via Estonia to northern markets and Estonian businessmen, in turn, via Poland their products south," the President noted, and continued: "At the same time, it is frequently a problem for border regions that many are passing through but only few are coming to a stop there. The Estonians know the name of Bialystok well, but the majority of them have seen it only through car windows on their way to Warsaw or farther. In Estonia, we have a similar kind of the problem with tourists. Thus, the tourists have not yet spotted all the interesting areas neither in Estonia nor in Poland, although Podlaskie for instance, as for its beautiful nature, reminds me of my home country."
The President referred to transport corridors as "arteries of trade and tourism" and, like in his lecture at the Warsaw Technical University the day before, emphasized speaking to the economic forum that just the Via Baltica would pave the way for establishing new business contacts.
The Pronar-Narew Tractor Factory, going to be visited by the President in the afternoon, is a shining example of successful co-operation between entrepreneurs of the two countries. The company uses excavator-parts manufactured at Mõisaküla and its partner in Estonia ET Mõisaküla Ltd will put Pronar's tractors on our market.
Press Service of the Office of the President
Kadriorg, March 19, 2002
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