Warsaw. 10th Three Seas Summit

03 June 2025

The 10th jubilee Three Seas Summit took place at the Royal Castle on April 29, 2025 in Warsaw. President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda hosted a Summit.

We are meeting today to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Three Seas Initiative, an initiative that arose from the need for deeper integration, primarily economic and infrastructural, in our part of Europe—Central Europe, said the Polish president during the opening session of the Summit.

The format is now a decade old and the Three Seas Initiative has strengthened its function as one of the important tools for strengthening transatlantic relations in both the political and economic dimensions.

At the same time – as Andrzej Duda emphasised – as a project of the countries belonging to the European community, the Three Seas Initiative – also through actions aimed at deepening Euro-Atlantic relations – enriches and strengthens the European Union.

At present, the Three Seas Initiative comprises 140 priority projects, two investment funds and another in the design phase, as well as an extensive network of partnerships and many bottom-up initiatives covering regional, scientific and economic cooperation. Among the most important from the perspective of the strategic interests of the Republic of Poland are: gas interconnectors with Lithuania and Slovakia, the Via Carpatia expressway, the rail corridor of the TEN-T Baltic-Adriatic core network, Rail-2-Sea – rail connection between the ports of Gdansk and Constanta.

The summit was attended by:

Rumen Radev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria;
Gitanas Nausėda, President of the Republic of Lithuania;
Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia;
Bajram Begaj, President of the Republic of Albania;
Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic;
Jakov Milatović, President of Montenegro;
Edgars Rinkēvičs, President of the Republic of Latvia;
Tamás Sulyok, President of Hungary;
Peter Pellegrini, President of the Slovak Republic;
Ilie Bolojan, acting President of Romania;
Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia;
Vladimir Bolea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development of the Republic of Moldova;
Oleksii Kuleba, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine;
Georgios Gerapetritis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic;
Alenka Bratušek, Minister of Infrastructure of the Republic of Slovenia;
Abdülkadir Uraloğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye;
Nikolaus Marschik, Secretary–General and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria;
Fernando Sampedro Marcos, Secretary of State for the European Union in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain;
Tommy Joyce, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of International Affairs at the US Department of Energy;
Viktor Elbling, Ambassador of Germany to Poland;
Akira Kono, Ambassador of Japan to Poland;
Cristina Lobillo Borrero, Head of Energy Platform Task Force in the Directorate–General for Energy of the European Commission.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky connected with the participants online.

In the afternoon, President Andrzej Duda, at a joint press conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, summed up the meeting of heads of state and government at the 10th Summit of the Three Seas Initiative.

Discussions focused on future investments within the 3SI co–operation format, including the development of energy and transport infrastructure, as well as security issues for the countries in our region.

This year the cooperation format has been expanded to include new members – Albania and Montenegro joined the Three Seas Initiative in the capacity of associated participating states, while Spain and Turkey became new strategic partners.

The Summit was accompanied by a Business Forum

Joint Declaration of the 10th Summit of the Three Seas Initiative

Courtesy of: Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland (https://www.president.pl/news/the-10th-three-seas-initiative-summit,100917)

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23 January 2026

Polish President Karol Nawrocki emphasized in Davos the strategic importance of the Three Seas Initiative as a key platform for infrastructural, economic, and geopolitical cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe. The opening speech of the panel „Three Seas Initiative: geostrategic business opportunities – a bridge to the future – from the Adriatic, the Baltic, the Black Sea to Asia” took place as part of the Leaders Forum powered by Poland during the World Economic Forum in Davos. Former polish president Andrzej Duda participated as well.

President Nawrocki noted that over the course of a decade the Three Seas Initiative has evolved from a political concept into a mature cooperation mechanism that has tangible impact on the regional development.

“Ten years ago, the Three Seas Initiative began as an idea. Up until today it has evolved into a strategic framework for regional transformation, and alliance of innovation and infrastructure, and a symbol of Central and South-Eastern Europe’s maturity and confidence on the world stage” – told the President.

In his address the President also emphasized the strong transatlantic anchoring of the Three Seas Initiative. He stressed that from the very beginning, the Initiative was conceived as an open project, strengthening cooperation between the European Union and partners outside Europe, particularly the United States. In this context, the Three Seas Initiative was presented as a “bridge” connecting a dynamically developing region with global capital, technology, and markets.

” The Three Seas Initiative has never been an inward-looking project (…) it has been strategically anchored in the transatlantic partnership that unites Europe and North America”.

The President drew attention to the geostrategic dimension of cooperation within the Three Seas region in the face of global challenges such as geopolitical instability, pressure on supply chains, and competition for resources. He pointed out that the development of modern infrastructure and the deepening of economic cooperation constitute the foundation of security and long-term growth.

The speech also had a strong economic dimension. The President of Poland underlined Poland’s ambitions to strengthen its position in the global economy and its aspirations to join the G20, highlighting the growing role of the Three Seas region as one of the engines of growth in Europe. At the same time, he invited international investors to actively participate in projects implemented under the framework of the Initiative.

During the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Karol Nawrocki also met with President of the United States Donald Trump. The main topics of their talks were security and economic issues.

THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH IS AVAILABLE HERE

Photo credit: © Mikołaj Bujak/KPRP, Source: https://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/wizyty-zagraniczne/prezydent-w-davos-o-inicjatywie-trojmorza,113783