Today, on 6 September, Estonia’s new Ambassador Martin Roger presented his credentials to Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw.
During the conversation following the ceremony for the transfer of credentials, President Duda and Ambassador Roger confirmed close relations between Estonia and Poland, a similar assessment of the security situation both in Europe and in its neighbourhood, and the importance of transatlantic unity. The Ambassador emphasised that Estonia highly appreciates Poland’s contribution to the alliance and the security of the region.
The parties also discussed the opportunities for promoting economic relations and education-related cooperation between the two countries and the implementation of regional infrastructure projects, in which Poland also plays a key role.
Following the ceremony for the transfer of credentials in the Belweder Palace, Ambassador Martin Roger placed a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Piłsudski Square in Warsaw.
Ambassador Martin Roger was born on 28 September 1979. In 2001, he graduated from the Law Faculty of the University of Tartu and then obtained a master’s degree in International Law from the University of Amsterdam. Martin Roger has been working in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs since 2001, when he started at the International Treaties Office. He has also worked at the Permanent Mission of Estonia to the United Nations in New York, as an Adviser in the Office of the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, as a Deputy Head of the Embassy in Paris, as a Department Head in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, and before moving to Warsaw, Martin Roger was the Director of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Office of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Roger speaks English, French, Finnish and Russian and is learning the Polish language.
Photos: Grzegorz Jakubowski / Office of the President of Poland: https://flic.kr/s/aHskHu6tgQ
Further information:
Armo Vask
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Media Adviser, Communication Department
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: +372 637 7618
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