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Today afternoon, President Meri paid a visit to the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry where the Chairman of the Board of the Chamber Toomas Luman gave the President the first class order of merit of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the development of a favourable investment environment in Estonia and for introducing Estonia in the world. 
President Lennart Meri külastas täna pärastlõunal Eesti Kaubandus-Tööstuskoda, kus koja juhatuse esimees Toomas Luman andis Eesti presidendile üle soodsa ettevõtlus- ja investeeringute keskkonna kujundamise eest Eestis ja Eesti tutvustamise eest maailmas kaubandus-tööstuskoja esimese klassi aumärgi.
President Lennart Meri today visited the new ice-cream factory of the "Tallinna Külmhoone" (the Tallinn Cold Storage) and opened a new ice-cream line. 
President Lennart Meri külastas täna Tallinna Külmhoone uut jäätisetehast ning avas uue jäätisetootmisliini.
The Ambassador gave an affirmative answer to President Meri's question whether the trade agreement signed between Estonia and Brazil in 1932 was still effective. 
President Lennart Meri küsimusele, kas 1932. aastal Eesti ja Brasiilia vahel sõlmitud kaubandusleping on jõus, vastas suursaadik jaatavalt.
President Lennart Meri promised that the Estonian side would use the Embassy both to deepen the bilateral relations and also as a tool enabling to speed up the EU enlargement in the direction favourable to both countries. 
President Lennart Meri lubas, et Eesti pool kasutab saatkonda niihästi kahepoolsete sidemete süvendamiseks kui ka tööriistana, mis võimaldaks kiirendada Euroopa Liidu laienemist mõlemale riigile soodsas suunas.
Today, president Lennart Meri concluded his official visit to the Republic of Turkey. 
President Lennart Meri lõpetas täna ametliku visiidi Türgi Vabariiki.
Today, President Lennart Meri concluded his five-day state visit to the Federal Republic of Germany. 
President Lennart Meri lõpetas täna viiepäevase riigivisiidi Saksamaa Liitvabariiki.
President Lennart Meri returned late tonight from a working visit to Vilnius, where the Estonian President, the Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga and the Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus had had a traditional meeting. 
President Lennart Meri naasis täna hilisõhtul ühepäevaselt töövisiidilt Vilniusesse, kus Eesti presidendil, Läti president Vaira Vike-Freibergal ja Leedu president Valdas Adamkusel oli traditsiooniline kohtumine.
President Lennart Meri returned from his two-day working visit to the Republic of Finland at noon today. 
President Lennart Meri naasis täna keskpäeval töövisiidilt Soome Vabariiki.
President Lennart Meri today appointed Mai Saunanen a Judge of Tartu Administrative Court, and Ifret Mamedguseinov a Judge of the Kohtla-Järve City Court. 
President Lennart Meri nimetas täna Mai Saunaneni Tartu halduskohtu kohtunikuks ja Ifret Mamedguseinovi Kohtla-Järve linnakohtu kohtunikuks.
President Lennart Meri appointed three judges on the proposal of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Uno Lõhmus today. 
President Lennart Meri nimetas täna Riigikohtu esimehe Uno Lõhmuse ettepanekul ametisse kolm kohtunikku.
President Lennart Meri appointed Üllar Roostoja the Judge of Tartu District Court. 
President Lennart Meri nimetas täna Üllar Roostoja Tartu Ringkonnakohtu kohtunikuks.
President Lennart Meri mentioned that the European countries should improve their capability to manage the regional crises on their own, thus showing also the USA that Europe is not only trustworthy, but also active partner. 
President Lennart Meri nimetas, et Euroopa riigid peavad tõhustama oma suutlikkust ise piirkondlike kriisidega hakkama saada näidates ka USAle, et Euroopa ei ole mitte üksnes usaldusväärne, vaid ka teotahteline partner.
On March 7-8, President Lennart Meri was on a visit to Macau Special Administrative Region, where he was received by Edward Ho, the governmental leader of the Special Administrative Area, and Dr. Liu Chak-Wan, the Honorary Consul of Estonia. 
President Lennart Meri oli 7. ja 8. märtsil kahepäevasel visiidil Macau erihalduspiirkonnas, kus teda võttis vastu Macau erihalduspiirkonna valitsusjuht Edward Ho ning Eesti aukonsul dr Liu Chak-Wan.
President Lennart Meri visited the Ämari air base today at noon and opened the Estonian Air Surveillance Centre that had been created with the support from the United States of America, Norway and Denmark. 
President Lennart Meri oli täna keskpäeval Ämari lennubaasis, kus avas Ameerika Ühendriikide, Norra ja Taani kaasabil valminud Eesti Õhuseirekeskuse.
President Lennart Meri had asked State Comptroller Juhan Parts to participate in today's meeting, who gave an overview of the work of the State Audit Office in the Ministry of Finance. 
President Lennart Meri oli tänasele kohtumisele palunud ka Riigikontrolör Juhan Partsi, kes riigipea palvel andis ülevaate riigikontrolli tööst rahandusministeeriumis.
President Lennart Meri is the patrion of the ''Estonian Flag around the World'' sailing event. 
President Lennart Meri on ''Eesti lipp ümber maailma'' purjetamise patroon.
President Meri has bestowed an Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana on Ellemann-Jensen. 
President Lennart Meri on annetanud Uffe Ellemann-Jensenile Maarjamaaristi ordeni.
President Lennart Meri is the first foreigner to declare Christmas Peace at Turku. 
President Lennart Meri on esimene välismaalane, kes Turus jõulurahu kuulutab.
President Lennart Meri will be in Helsinki tomorrow, on October 10, and deliver a presentation on the relations of President Kekkonen and Estonia on the invitation of the Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Heritage Society. 
President Lennart Meri on homme, 10. oktoobril Helsingis, kus ta peab Urho Kaleva Kekkose pärandiühingu kutsel ettekande president Kekkose ja Eesti suhetest.
President Lennart Meri is the patron of the voyage "Estonian Flag Around the World 1999-2000" organised by the deep sea sailing society "Thetis". 
President Lennart Meri on kaugpurjetamise seltsi Thetis korraldatud merereisi "Eesti lipp ümber maailma 1999-2000" patroon.
President Lennart Meri has asked chairmen of all the Riigikogu factions, as well as Liia Hänni, Chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the Riigikogu, and Tiit Tammsaar and Trivimi Velliste, respectively the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the National Defence Committee of the Riigikogu, to a working lunch at the presidential palace of Kadriorg tomorrow. 
President Lennart Meri on palunud homme Kadrioru presidendilossi töölõunale Riigikogu kõigi fraktsioonide esimehed, samuti Riigikogu põhiseaduskomisjoni esimehe Liia Hänni ning riigikaitsekomisjoni esimehe Tiit Tammsaare ja aseesimehe Trivimi Velliste.
President Lennart Meri will be on a visit to France this week. 
President Lennart Meri on sel nädalal visiidil Prantsusmaal.
President Lennart Meri has been invited to be the main presenter at the seminar organised by the Tuglas Society and the subject of his presentation is ''Independence of Estonia'', other presenters at the seminar include Mikko Viitasalo, Rein Ruutsoo and Seppo Zetterberg. 
President Lennart Meri on Tuglase seltsi korraldatud seminaril palutud peakõnelejaks ja tema ettekande teema on ''Eesti iseseisvus'', seminaril esinevad teiste seas Mikko Viitasalo, Rein Ruutsoo ning Seppo Zetterberg.
Today, on December 11, President Lennart Meri is in Finland, where the President of the Republic of Finland Tarja Halonen, the President of the Republic of Hungary Ferenc Mádl, and President Lennart Meri opened the III World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples this morning. 
President Lennart Meri on täna, 11. detsembril Soomes, kus Soome Vabariigi president Tarja Halonen, Ungari Vabariigi president Ferenc Mádl ja president Lennart Meri avasid Soome-ugri rahvaste kolmanda maailmakongressi.
President Lennart Meri has accepted the invitation of Roman Herzog, the Federal President of Germany, to participate in the 350th anniversary celebration of the Peace of Westphalia in Osnabrück and Münster on Saturday and Sunday. 
President Lennart Meri osaleb laupäeval ja pühapäeval Saksamaa Liidupresidendi Roman Herzogi kutsel Vestfaali rahu 350. aastapäeva tähistamisel Osnabrückis ja Münsteris.
On Thursday, February 5, President Lennart Meri took part in a meeting of the trustees of the Tartu University Foundation, held in Haapsalu, followed by a meeting with entrepreneurs of Haapsalu and the County of Läänemaa. 
President Lennart Meri osales neljapäeval 5. veebruaril Tartu Ülikooli sihtasutuse usalduskogu istungil Haapsalus, millele järgnes kohtumine Haapsalu ja Läänemaa ettevõtjatega.
President Lennart Meri this morning spoke on the BBC World Service live programme ''The World Today'', where the Istanbul summit was analysed. 
President Lennart Meri osales täna hommikul BBC World Service'i otsesaates "The World Today", kus analüüsiti Istanbuli tippkohtumist.
President Lennart Meri participated in the Estonian Enterprising and Investment Seminar, which was held today in the London Chamber of Commerce. 
President Lennart Meri osales täna Londoni Kaubanduskojas toimunud Eesti ettevõtlus- ja investeerimisseminaril.
President Lennart Meri today participated on the invitation of Carl Bildt, leader of the Swedish Moderate Party, on the Seminar on the Communist Crimes organised by the Jarl Hjalmarsson Foundation in Riksdag in Stockholm. 
President Lennart Meri osales täna Rootsi Moderaatide erakonna esimehe Carl Bildti kutsel Jarl Hjalmarsoni Sihtasutuse korraldatud kommunismi kuritegusid käsitleval seminaril, mis toimus Riksdagis Stockholmis.
According to the Resolution of President Lennart Meri, this year’s President’s Folklore Awards will go to the folklore collectors Leida Oeselg and Pille Niin. 
President Lennart Meri otsusel saavad tänavused Presidendi rahvaluule preemiad rahvaluulekogujad Leida Oeselg ja Pille Niin.
Yesterday, President Lennart Meri decided not to promulgate the Legal Chancellor Act Sections 6 and 44 Amendment Act passed in Riigikogu on April 3. 
President Lennart Meri otsustas eile välja kuulutamata jätta Riigikogus 3. aprillil vastu võetud ''Õiguskantsleri seaduse §-de 6 ja 44 muutmise seadus''.
President Lennart Meri decided to allocate 15,000 kroons from the President’s Cultural Endowment and 100 kroons from his salary in May to support the building of the roof of St John’s church in Tartu. 
President Lennart Meri otsustas eraldada Tartu Jaani kiriku katuse ehituse toetuseks Vabariigi Presidendi Kultuurirahastust 15.000 krooni ning oma maikuu palgast 100 krooni.
In connection with the state visit to Estonia, President Lennart Meri decided to award a Collar of the Cross of Terra Mariana to the President of the Republic of Malta Mr de Marco and the I Class Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana to Mrs Violet de Marco. 
President Lennart Meri otsustas seoses riigivisiidiga Eestisse anda Malta Vabariigi presidendile de Marcole Maarjamaa Risti keti ning proua Violet de Marcole Maarjamaa Risti I klassi ordeni.
President Lennart Meri today decided to donate 35,000 kroons from the President's Cultural Foundation for the restoration of the Kihnu Community Centre that was destroyed in fire. 
President Lennart Meri otsustas täna annetada Presidendi Kultuurirahastu arvelt kahjutules hävinud Kihnu rahvamaja taastamiseks 35 000 krooni.
President Lennart Meri decided that this year's folklore awards should go to Enda Kallas, Ain Raal and Kadi Salu. 
President Lennart Meri otsustas tänavused Vabariigi Presidendi rahvaluulepreemiad määrata Enda Kallasele, Ain Raalile ja Kadi Salule.
President Lennart Meri offered dinner to Tom Lantos, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and his spouse yesterday. 
President Lennart Meri pakkus eile Ameerika Ühendriikide esindajatekoja liikmele Tom Lantosele ja tema abikaasale õhtusöögi.
President Lennart Meri hosted a dinner in honour of his guest yesterday night. 
President Lennart Meri pakkus eile külalisele õhtusöögi.
Yesterday evening, President Lennart Meri offered a dinner to the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Lord George Robertson, in his home in Viimsi. 
President Lennart Meri pakkus eile õhtul oma kodus Viimsis õhtusöögi Põhja-Atlandi Lepingu Organisatsiooni peasekretärile lord George Robertsonile.
President Lennart Meri yesterday hosted a dinner at his Viimsi home to Percy Barnevik, a Swedish grand-scale businessman and chairman of Investor AB, a financial holding company belonging to the Swedish Wallenberg family. 
President Lennart Meri pakkus eile õhtul oma Viimsi kodus õhtusöögi Rootsi suurärimehele, Rootsi Wallenbergide perekonnale kuuluva finantsala valdusfirma Investor AB esimehele Percy Barnevikile.
President Lennart Meri yesterday hosted a dinner in honour of William Richardson, the US Secretary of Energy, who is currently on a visit in Estonia. 
President Lennart Meri pakkus eile õhtul õhtusöögi Eestis visiidil olevale Ameerika Ühendriikide energeetikaminister William Richardsonile.
President Lennart Meri invited President Ahtisaari lunch in Kadriorg. 
President Lennart Meri pakkus Kadriorus president Martti Ahtisaarile lõunasöögi.
President of the Republic hosted a dinner at Kadriorg for of His Holiness and his accompanying delegation. 
President Lennart Meri pakkus Tema Pühadusele ja tema saatjaile Kadriorus õhtusöögi.
President Lennart Meri offered lunch to the Board of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry today. 
President Lennart Meri pakkus täna Eesti Kaubandus-Tööstuskoja juhatusele lõunasöögi.
President Lennart Meri gave the traditional Christmas lunch to the County Governors today. 
President Lennart Meri pakkus täna Eesti maavanematele traditsioonilise jõululõuna.
President Lennart Meri today offered lunch at Kadriorg to Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, to Günther Verheugen, the Commissioner for Enlargement, and to other top officials of the European Union currently visiting Estonia. 
President Lennart Meri pakkus täna Kadrioru presidendilossis lõunasöögi Euroopa Komisjoni presidendile Romano Prodile, laienemisvolinik Günther Verheugenile ja teistele Eestit külastavatele Euroopa Komisjoni tippametnikele.
Tonight President Lennart Meri offered dinner at the presidential palace of Kadriorg to the U.S. Senator John McCain, who had delivered a lecture From Tragedy to Destiny: Estonias Place in the New Atlantic Order in memory of Robert Frasure, the former U.S. Ambassador to Estonia, earlier today in Tallinn. 
President Lennart Meri pakkus täna Kadrioru presidendilossis õhtusöögi USA senaatorile John McCainile, kes esines täna Tallinnas endise Ameerika Ühendriikide suursaadiku Eestis Robert Frasure mälestuseks loenguga Tragöödiast tulevikuni: Eesti koht Uues Atlandi süsteemis.
President Lennart Meri today offered dinner to the Foreign Ministers of the countries invited to the EU accession negotiations – Jan Kavan, Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic, Janos Martony, Foreign Minister of Hungary, Bronislaw Geremek, Foreign Minister of Poland, Boris Frlec, Foreign the Chief Minister Slovenia, George Vassiliou, Chief Negotiator of Cyprus, and Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Foreign Minister of Estonia. 
President Lennart Meri pakkus täna Kadriorus Euroopa Liiduga laienemisläbirääkimistele kutsutud Tšehhi välisminister Jan Kavanile, Ungari välisminister Janos Martonyile, Poola välisminister Bronislaw Geremekile, Sloveenia välisminister Boris Frlecile, Küprose pealäbirääkija George Vassilioule ning Eesti välisminister Toomas Hendrik Ilvesele õhtusöögi.
President Lennart Meri hosted a dinner for Lea and Veljo Tormis and Ülle and Tõnu Kaljuste at his Viimsi home this evening. 
President Lennart Meri pakkus täna õhtul oma Viimsi kodus õhtusöögi Lea ja Veljo Tormisele ning Ülle ja Tõnu Kaljustele.
President Lennart Meri hosted a dinner in honour of Strobe Talbott, the Deputy State Secretary of the United States of America, and his spouse Mrs. Brook L. Shearer. 
President Lennart Meri pakkus Ühendriikide asevälisministrile Strobe Talbottile ja tema abikaasale proua Brook L. Shearerile õhtusöögi.
President Meri will host a lunch to the Presidents at the presidential palace of Kadriorg, and there will be a concert of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and a reception at the Tallinn Town Hall. 
President Lennart Meri pakub Kadrioru presidendilossis presidentidele lõunasöögi ning Tallinna Raekojas on Eesti Filharmoonia kammerkoori kontsert ja vastuvõtt.
President Lennart Meri will host a festive dinner in honour of the Federal Chancellor of Germany in the House of Blackheads tonight. 
President Lennart Meri pakub täna õhtul Mustpeade majas Saksamaa liidukantsleri auks piduliku õhtusöögi.
In the afternoon, President Lennart Meri will hold a speech ''Ten Years of Freedom in Europe'' at the Jyväskylä University, and also speak on the dinner hosted by the Mayor of Jyväskylä at the Jyväskylä Town Hall. 
President Lennart Meri peab pärastlõunal kõne ''Kümme aastat vabadust Euroopas'' Jyväskylä Ülikoolis ning võtab sõna Jyväskylä linnapea pakutud õhtusöögil Jyväskylä raekojas.
Statement of the President Lennart Meri Tallinn, September 18, 2001 
President Lennart Meri pressiavaldus 18. septembril 2001 Tallinnas
President Lennart Meri was today conferred an honorary doctor's degree at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi. 
President Lennart Meri promoveeriti täna keskpäeval Rovaniemis asuva Lapi Ülikooli audoktoriks.
President Lennart Meri became the honorary doctor of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Turku today. 
President Lennart Meri promoveeriti täna Turu Ülikooli filosoofiateaduskonna audoktoriks.
President Lennart Meri emphasised that Estonia is content with the decisions and declaration of the NATO Madrid Summit, but, as he put it, it would be impossible to repeat the same thoughts and steps in Washington like a ballet dancer, new steps will also have to be taken. 
President Lennart Meri rõhutas, et Eesti on rahul NATO Madridi tippkohtumise otsuste ja avaldustega, kuid tema sõnul ei saa Washingtonis korrata samu mõtteid ja samme nagu ringmängus, vaid tuleb astuda uusi samme.
President Meri sent his congratulations to the British Minister of Defence George Robertson who today was elected to the post of NATO Secretary General. 
President Lennart Meri saatis Briti kaitseminister George Robertsonile oma õnnitlused NATO peasekretäriks valimise puhul.
Yesterday President Lennart Meri extended his condolences to Bill Clinton, President of the United States of America, on the occasion of the tragic death of US citizens in Kenya and Tansania. 
President Lennart Meri saatis eile Ameerika Ühendriikide presidendile Bill Clintonile kaastundeavalduse Ameerika Ühendriikide kodanike hukkumise puhul Kenyas ja Tansaanias.
President Lennart Meri yesterday evening sent letters to the rural municipality councils of Antsla, Kaarma, Karksi, Lihula, Otepää and Vihula, and greeted them on the occasion of the union of the rural municipalities. 
President Lennart Meri saatis eile õhtul kirja Antsla, Kaarma, Karksi, Lihula, Otepää ja Vihula vallavolikogule ja tervitas neid valdade ühinemise puhul.
Yesterday, President Lennart Meri sent a letter of congratulations to Vojislav Kostunica, who had been elected the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and wished him strength and perseverance in his work. 
President Lennart Meri saatis eile õnnitluskirja Jugoslaavia Liitvabariigi presidendiks valitud Vojislav Kostunicale ning soovis talle jõudu ja vastupidavust selles ametis.
President Lennart Meri sent yesterday, on February 25, his congratulations to Valdas Adamkus upon his inauguration as President of the Republic of Lithuania. 
President Lennart Meri saatis eile, 25. veebruaril, õnnitluse Valdas Adamkusele tema Leedu Vabariigi presidendi ametisse astumise puhul.
President Lennart Meri sent a letter to Erki Nool, and wrote that for him, Erki Nool has united the Estonian Olympics history ever since Kristjan Palusalu, whose hand he had shook in Berlin in 1936. 
President Lennart Meri saatis Erki Noolele ka kirja, kus ta kirjutas, et Erki Nool on tema jaoks ühendanud Eesti olümpiaajaloo alates Kristjan Palusalust, kelle kätt ta 1936. aastal Berliinis surus.
President Lennart Meri sent a letter of condolences to Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the President of the Republic of Iceland, on the occasion of the death of his spouse Gudrun Katrin Porbergsdottir. 
President Lennart Meri saatis Islandi Vabariigi presidendile Olafur Ragnar Grimssonile kaastundeavalduse tema abikaasa Gudrun Katrin Porgbergsdottiri surma puhul.
President Lennart Meri sent a letter of condolences to George Bush, the President of the United States of America, in connection with the terrible attacks on the World Trade Centre and against the Pentagon, and confirmed that our thoughts are with the injured and the families of the dead. 
President Lennart Meri saatis kaastundeavalduse Ameerika Ühendriikide presidendile George Bushile seoses Maailma Kaubanduskeskusele ja Pentagonile tehtud terroriaktidega ning kinnitas, et meie kõigi mõtted on vigastatute ja hukkunute perede juures.
President Lennart Meri has sent a letter to nine United States senators, in which he welcomes the plea of the senators to their colleagues to ratify the NATO enlargement agreement, thereby supporting the inclusion of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in NATO. 
President Lennart Meri saatis kirja Ameerika Ühendriikide Senati liikmetele, milles ta tervitas senaatorite üleskutset oma kolleegidele ratifitseerida NATO laienemisotsus, toetades sellega Poola, Ungari ja Tšehhi liitumist NATOga.
President Lennart Meri sent a letter to Constantinos II, King of Greece in exile, who is the President of the International Society of Dragon Class sailors, and expressed his support to the proposal of the City of Tallinn to host the yachting championship of the Dragon class yachts in Tallinnin 2004. 
President Lennart Meri saatis kirja Constantinos II-le, endisele Kreeka kuningale, kes on Rahvusvahelise Draakonipurjetajate Ühingu president ning avaldas toetust Tallinna soovile võõrustada 2004. aastal Euroopa meistrivõistlusi jahiklassis Draakon Tallinnas.
President Lennart Meri sent a letter to the Austrian President Thomas Klestil on Saturday, November 11, and expressed his condolences in connection with the tragic train accident in the tunnel of Kitzsteinhorn. 
President Lennart Meri saatis laupäeval, 11. novembril kirja Austria presidendile Thomas Klestil'ile ja avaldas kaastunnet seoses Kitzsteinhorni tunnelis toimunud ohvriterohke rongiõnnetusega.
President Lennart Meri sent his congratulations to Jacques Chirac, the President of the Republic of France, on the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of France. 
President Lennart Meri saatis Prantsuse presidendile Jacques Chiracile õnnitluse Prantsuse rahvuspüha puhul.
President Lennart Meri sent his congratulations to the French President Jacques Chirac on the occasion of France assuming the Presidency of the European Union. 
President Lennart Meri saatis Prantsusmaa presidendile Jacques Chiracile õnnitluse Prantsusmaa asumise puhul Euroopa Liidu eesistuja kohale.
President Lennart Meri sent a welcoming address to the participants of the Sixth Estonian Jamboree of Scouts and Guides. 
President Lennart Meri saatis tervituse Eesti Skautide Ühingu ja Eesti Gaidide Maleva Kuuendast Suurlaagrist osavõtjatele.
President Lennart Meri sent his address to the celebration of Kristjan Jaak Peterson's 200th anniversary in Riga. 
President Lennart Meri saatis tervituse Kristjan Jaak Petersoni 200. sünniaastapäevale pühendatud mälestusõhtule Riias.
President Lennart Meri today sent a letter from Davos to the Indian President Kocheril Raman Narayanan to extend his condolences in connection with the earthquake in the state of Gujarat. 
President Lennart Meri saatis täna Davosist kirja India presidendile Kocheril Raman Narayananile ning avaldas kaastunnet seoses Gujarati osariiki tabanud maavärinaga.
This morning, President Lennart Meri wrote a letter to Sirly Tiik, who had won a gold medal in javelin throwing on Sydney Olympics with a world record and a bronze medal in high jump. 
President Lennart Meri saatis täna hommikul kirja Sidneys olümpiamängudel odaviskes maailmarekordiga olümpiakulla võitnud ning kõrgushüppes pronksi saanud Sirly Tiigile.