The Ministers will also discuss Ukraine’s grain export route through Baltic Sea ports and the development of additional transport links with Ukraine, the Free Rail initiative, aimed at strengthening the region’s independence and resilience of its railway systems. Other measures to support Ukraine in the field of transport and logistics and the development of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) are also on the agenda.
Earlier this year, ministers from the three Baltic states met in Tallinn and agreed on the possibility of launching a passenger train service between Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn before the Rail Baltic is built, which could be opened as early as the beginning of next year. This will be one of the most important issues raised by Lithuania at this ministerial meeting.
The passenger train route linking the Baltic capitals would complement the route from Vilnius to Warsaw and Krakow, which was launched last December.
The entire Rail Baltica project, connecting the Baltic states to Europe, is due to be completed in 2030, while the link between Lithuania and Poland is due for completion in 2028.
