"The talks were held until the last minute and all states eventually accepted the statement, which includes Vilnius," Ricardas Slapsys, an adviser to Lithuania's Transport Minister, told.
"The text expresses governmental will of the states taking part in the plan and their agreement to contrivance the Rail Baltica plan by building an advanced rail line adapted to fast trains and connecting five countries. It's an important step towards the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and strengthening of regional cooperation," Lithuania's Transport Minister Rimantas Sinkevičius said in a press release.
Three Baltic countries will implement the Rail Baltica project in its first stage. Poland and Finland will join the project at a later stage.
