On 19 October, the Polish-Estonian Chamber of Commerce, reactivated by interested enterprises and partners from Poland and Estonia, was officially inaugurated in the presence Andrzej Duda, the President of the Republic of Poland. The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tallinn and the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Warsaw are the Honorary Founding Members of the Chamber.
On 19 October, the Polish-Estonian Chamber of Commerce, reactivated by interested enterprises and partners from Poland and Estonia, was officially inaugurated in the presence Andrzej Duda, the President of the Republic of Poland. The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tallinn and the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Warsaw are the Honorary Founding Members of the Chamber.
Grzegorz Kozłowski, the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Estonia and Urmas Reinsalu, the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of Estonia, spoke on behalf of the Honorary Founding Members. The participants included Martin Roger, the Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia in Poland, Viljar Lubi, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Krzysztof Szczerski, Head of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland and Secretary of State, as well as Paweł Jabłoński, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Earlier on the same day, the first General Meeting of the Chamber was held; it was attended by the following companies acting as Founding Members of the Chamber: Belstroj Baltic OÜ, Bristol Trust, Consells Chemicals, Budmat Bogdan Więcek, Control Process, Eco Logistics Hub OÜ, EMLT trading, FinestMedia, Geco One, Grupa Azoty PKCH, Hanna International, Legend H&S, Met-Instal Services, Orlen Eesti OÜ, Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa, Puma Aviation Europe OÜ, PZU, Regional Jet, Thompson & Stein OÜ as well as the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tallinn and the Embassy of Estonia in Warsaw as the Honorary Founding Members.
A total of 21 entities, representing 10 economic sectors such as energy, transport, infrastructure, digitalisation, armaments, aviation, finance, construction, logistics and law, participated in the establishment of the PolESTCC.
The first Estonian-Polish Chamber of Commerce operated from 1934 to 1939, and its activities were brought to an end by the occupation of Poland and Estonia. On 5 December 2019, as part of the Polish-Estonian business conference in Tallinn, the reactivation of the Chamber was officially initiated with the participation of both Embassies. Many Estonian companies operating in Poland and interested in the Polish market, as well as Polish companies operating in Estonia, signed a letter of intent, thus making a commitment of a joint effort to rebuild the Chamber.
The Chamber’s objectives include the promotion of Polish-Estonian economic relations and assistance in establishing partnerships between Poland and Estonia.
Speech by Andrzej Duda, the President of the Republic of Poland: