On 10 April, transport ministers and delegates from greater than 20 international locations will talk about additional help for the restoration of Ukraine’s transport infrastructure.
TRAKAI, LITHUANIA, April 9, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — On 10 April, Worldwide Transport Discussion board’s (ITF) Excessive-Degree Dialogue for Ukraine will happen in Trakai, Lithuania, the place transport ministers and overseas delegates from greater than 20 international locations, representatives of the ITF, the European Fee, the European Financial institution for Reconstruction and Growth, and different worldwide organisations will talk about additional help for the restoration of Ukraine’s transport infrastructure. The high-level occasion will probably be opened by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis and ITF Secretary Basic Younger Tae Kim.
“That is the flagship occasion of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Worldwide Transport Discussion board, aimed to discover methods for ITF member states and the broader worldwide neighborhood to additional improve cooperation and help to Ukraine within the subject of transport. The simplest manner to assist Ukraine is by working collectively, and one in every of our principal aims is to mobilise the worldwide neighborhood for the long-term restoration and sustainable reconstruction of Ukraine’s transport hyperlinks,” stated Mr Skuodis.
The occasion will characteristic Ministerial Roundtables on strengthening a coordinated help framework for transport in Ukraine, addressing its rapid transport wants and additional growth of Ukraine’s transport hyperlinks. The occasion will probably be attended by transport ministers from the Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland, Sweden and Greece, and different high-level representatives from greater than 20 international locations and worldwide organisations.
In December 2023, Lithuania, Sweden, Canada and Ukraine launched CIG4U, a platform for cooperation and help to Ukraine beneath the auscpices of the ITF. The platform permits international locations to change up-to-date info on the rapid wants of Ukraine’s transport system, in addition to to contribute to long-term initiatives to rebuild the nation.
It’s anticipated that extra ITF member international locations will be part of CIG4U throughout the occasion, this fashion additional increasing the alternatives for the implementation of key transport infrastructure reconstruction initiatives in Ukraine.
This occasion takes place on the eve of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) Summit and Enterprise Discussion board. Help to Ukraine is among the key priorities of Lithuania’s overseas coverage, in addition to the 3SI Presidency. Subsequently, the 3SI and ITF Excessive-Degree Dialogue on Ukraine is of specific significance because it helps to mobilize the very best political and sectoral help and assist of the free world to Ukraine, which is extraordinarily affected by the Russian struggle.
The ITF on the OECD is an intergovernmental organisation with 66 member international locations. It’s the solely international discussion board that brings collectively transport policymakers, practitioners and analysts from world wide, and covers all modes of transport.
Lithuania is holding the Presidency of the ITF since Might 2023.
Gabriele Vasiliauskaite
Ministry of Transport and Communications
information@sumin.lt
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