Estonian Ambassador in Türkiye Väino Reinart presents his credentials

In their conversation following the presentation ceremony, the ambassador and the president concentrated on bilateral relations, as well as on the security situation in the neighbourhood and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded countries.
 
“The successful cooperation of Estonia and Türkiye that spans more than a hundred years has gone through different periods, and I believe this is why we understand each other quite well,” Reinart said. “This sense of understanding has made us allies and helped us during difficult times. We have always had a sense of mutual support with Türkiye and I am sure Türkiye has also felt this.”
 
Ambassador Väino Reinart was born on 28 December 1962 in Kuressaare. He graduated from the Tallinn University of Technology and worked as a researcher in physics at the Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Reinart joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992 and has worked as the head of the Estonian delegation in negotiations with Russia, director of the Political Department, Estonia’s permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation of Europe (OSCE), director general of the Political Department, undersecretary for policy and media, and undersecretary for external economy and development cooperation. Reinart has also been the Estonian ambassador to the European Union, the United States of America, Mexico, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Afghanistan. In addition to the Republic of Türkiye, Väino Reinart is co-accredited to the Republic of the Philippines and the Islamic Republic of Iran. He resides in Ankara, Türkiye.