A recent meeting in Tallinn between Rail Baltic representatives in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was cut short when the Lithuanian delegation said it had no mandate to discuss a compromise proposal for including Vilnius in the network, reports Eesti Päevaleht
The meeting was planned to be a two-day event, but lasted only for one day. Lithuania is demanding that Vilnius is included in the Rail Baltic route.
Reportedly, the Lithuanian delegation also said that it needed more time to prepare its positions in the light of the recent statement made by European Transport Commissioner and Estonian PM candidate Siim Kallas at the Reform Party’s convention where he said that the fate of Rail Baltic could be decided by a public referendum.
According to Rasmus Ruuda, adviser at the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Lithuanian delegation had no mandate to thoroughly discuss the compromise proposal tabled by Estonia.
Ruuda said that there is not much room left for moving forward with the project at the moment.
Source: bbn.ee - Toomas Hõbemägi
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