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Spokesperson Vytautė Šmaižytė, Minister of Foreign Affairs, informed BNS that a remote meeting of expert delegations took place on 5 May, led by the Ministers of Health of the Baltic States.
“It was agreed to instruct the experts to prepare the appropriate proposals and to return to the subject later in May,” said V. Šmaižytė.
Aistė Šuksta, spokesman for the Minister of Health, said that currently morbidity rates in the Baltic countries are worse than last year, when the “travel bubble” was operating, so it is too early to talk about this possibility.
“Currently, the situation in the countries is worse compared to last year’s morbidity rates. Therefore, it is too early to talk about the possibilities of moving more freely in the Baltic countries, “A. Šuksta told BNS.
According to her, the meeting was organized by the Estonian Ministry of Health.
Lithuania was represented by the Minister of Health Arūnas Dulkys, as well as Audrius Ščeponavičius, Director of the Department of Public Health of the Ministry, and Loreta Ašoklienė, Head of the Health Promotion Division.
Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets announced last week that she would request her government’s mandate to resume talks on the possibility of re-establishing a “travel bubble” covering the Baltic countries.
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė stated that by creating a green certificate at the European level, this Estonian proposal should be evaluated in a pragmatic way.
“It just came to our attention then. But since there is also a debate on a European solution, the question is who should focus our efforts and what will be done first – will circumstances arise soon so that we can use the European solution for everything, or Will the Baltic region need a break? ”the Lithuanian head of government told reporters last week.
When the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in the Baltic States, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia had already agreed to a so-called travel bubble in May last year: citizens of these countries could travel freely between these countries. However, when morbidity increased again, this regimen was discontinued in September.
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