Minister Taminskas in Brussels for the TTE Council and the Signing of a Joint Declaration on a New Ukraine Transport Support Fund
Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications Juras Taminskas is heading to Brussels today to attend the EU Transport, Telecommunications and Energy (TTE) Council on 4–5 December. Key topics on the agenda include the EU response to hybrid attacks and the Roadworthiness package. On Wednesday, the Minister is also set to sign a Joint Declaration towards the creation of a new Ukraine Transport Support Fund, together with Ministers and high-level representatives from the International Transport Forum (ITF) members Canada, Sweden and Ukraine.
According to the Minister’s representative, Lukas Paškevičius, this will be the first time Minister Taminskas takes part in the EU TTE Council, which will address key transport matters linked to regional security and the Roadworthiness Package, covering periodic roadworthiness tests, vehicle registration and more.
“The Minister will not support more frequent vehicle roadworthiness tests. He will underline the need for increased investment in Europe’s military mobility corridors. In addition, he will call for a coordinated EU response to hybrid attacks by Russia and Belarus, which include smuggling balloons and the threats they pose to civil aviation, the unlawful detention of Lithuanian hauliers’ trucks, and GNSS interference in the Baltic Sea region. The Minister will also sign the Joint Declaration to establish the Ukraine Transport Support Fund,” said the Minister’s representative, Lukas Paškevičius.
In Brussels, Minister Taminskas will also hold meetings with European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius, the European Commission’s Director-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) Magda Kopczyńska, and the transport ministers of Ireland and Greece – Lithuania’s partners in the EU Council Presidency trio.
Furthermore, on 3 December, Minister Taminskas will participate in the ITF's high-level roundtable on sustainable policy pathways for Ukraine’s surface freight transport sector. He will also sign a Joint Declaration advancing the creation of a new Ukraine Transport Support Fund.
Last year, while holding the ITF presidency, Lithuania – alongside Canada, Sweden and Ukraine – set up CIG4U (Common Interest Group for Transport in Ukraine) to co-ordinate support for Ukraine’s urgent and longer-term transport-related needs.
The new fund aims to help rebuild and modernise Ukraine’s transport infrastructure across all modes – roads, railways, ports, aviation, urban mobility and logistics. It will act as a neutral, transparent, and donor-coordinated platform that complements, and coordinates closely with, existing international mechanisms for supporting Ukraine’s transport sector.
Photo by the Presidential Office/ELTA
Last updated: 03-12-2025
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