“This is a Europe, whose countries and peoples want to trust each other. These countries and peoples are reliable partners and allies for each other,” President Ilves added.
“It is trust and being allies that have brought us to the Estonian-Latvian border today, but conceptually also to several other internal European Union borders,” said the Estonian Head of State. According to him, the removal of the barriers, closing of the border checkpoints, and opening of many closed-off border roads is part of the story of the inner trust of a united Europe.
“The barriers are lowered. The way is open. The path that starts in Lapland takes us non-stop, even through Valga and Valka, to the southern tip of Portugal. It is all our Europe,” President Ilves emphasized.
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