On Wednesday, September 17, Estonia's new ambassador to the Republic of Poland, Harri Tiido presented his letter of credentials to Polish President Bronisław Komorowski in Warsaw.
In the conversation following the ceremony, Estonian Ambassador Harri Tiido and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski focused on European and regional security issues and the latest developments in Ukraine.
Ambassador Tiido and President Komorowski also discussed possibilities for furthering Estonian-Polish relations, including economic cooperation.
After the credentials ceremony at Belweder Palace, Ambassador Tiido placed a wreath at Piłsudski Square on the grave of the Unknown Soldier.
Harri Tiido was born on October 8, 1953 in Jõhvi. He graduated from Tallinn 2nd High School and the University of Tartu’s department of Roman and German philology. Beginning in 1980, Tiido worked as a journalist at Estonian Radio and Radio Kuku and at the Voice of America from 1996 to 1997. During the years 1997 to 2000, he was director / editor in chief at Radio Kuku. In 2000, Harri Tiido assumed the position of undersecretary for political, press and information affairs at the Foreign Ministry. He was then undersecretary for political affairs from 2001-2003. From 2003 to 2007, Tiido was Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Estonia to NATO and then undersecretary for political affairs. Before assuming his current position, Harri Tiido was Ambassador Representative to the European Union’s Political and Security Committee. Between 2008 and 2012 Tiido was the non-resident Estonian ambassador to Afghanistan and from 2009 to 2012 the Estonian Special Representative in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Ambassador Tiido is proficient in English, Finnish and Russian. He is married and has one child.
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