Subject: RE: Dear Ms Ambassador
From: Tea Akhvlediani
To: Toomas_Hendrik Ilves <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:57:33 +0000

Dear Mr. President,

I am so honored and privileged to receive your e-mail and to know that you still remember me!...

Of course, I will never forget Your personal contribution what you have done in support of my country.

Likewise, among others I will always remember: 1. your warm welcome, that I felt during my first days of arrival to Tallinn and presenting credentials to Your Excellency as Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Estonia; 2. Your decision to meet with the Georgian students studying in Estonia; 3. And of course, your exceptional decision granting me possibility to plant this Oak tree in Ärma Farm along with EU and NATO member states’ trees (we were regularly calling to the farm during the first year, since we planted it, to inquire how it is doingJ I remember all your stories about some other trees’ “performance and behavior”J glad to know that this Oak is doing well!)

As for your vitally important trip to Georgia in 2008 – it has indeed been the unique expression of the strongest support of Estonia, but of Your personal invaluable effort, for sure!

I have always been underlining this significant visit (as well as support of ordinary Estonian people waving Georgian Flags) in all my relevant public speeches, in all the respective interviews and various conversations.  How can we forget it?:) Please, be assured that Georgia and its people remember and highly value this support!

At the LMC I was trying to reach you to personally express my gratitude and respect before my departure, but could not manage… – maybe even better, because Estonia is the country and its brightest representatives are those to whom I would never say good-bye toJ Definitely, I will be very much honored and looking forward to meet you in Tbilisi at the John McCain Conference.

Suur-suur Aitäh Härra President!

With respect and best wishes to your family,

Tea

From: Toomas_Hendrik Ilves [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 3:27 PM
To: Tea Akhvlediani
Subject: Dear Ms Ambassador

Dear Tea, ძვირფასო თეა (if I may)

I’m sorry I missed you at the Lennart Meri Conference — I was in Tallinn only for a day and when I came back you had already returned home.

Raul Rebane told me how at a dinner you gave you talked about how important my trip to Georgia in 2008 was to you. Actually no one has really ever said anything about that. So it warmed my heart.

I hope to be in Tblisi at the John McCain Converence so perhaps we can get together then.

Meanwhile, you oak is doing rather well:

best,

toomas

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