We have committed as a state and as a country by 2030 to reduce deaths and accidents by 50% and by 2050 to try to eliminate them. It is an ambitious goal, but I believe that together we can work and achieve it. Already today we are seeing new proposals coming out, such as the one from Mr Moussioutta, but also from the Ministry of Labour. I believe that as a team we can contribute to this effort and I hope you will continue with the same love and passion for this issue.
We as a Ministry are helping and contributing through the Road Safety Council, but also as the Department of Road Transport in controlling the routes on the roads, together with the Police. And I am particularly pleased that we have representatives from the private sector with us today who embrace this sentiment and the need for safer roads. It is not enough to just have the will of the private sector in this direction, we need to have a framework within which we can make sure that these laws are enforced. This is where both the police and the Department of Road Transport are involved. I want to emphasise that these actions will be stepped up. The goal is to improve the enforcement of this framework.
You know, we wake up every day to go to work to provide our services, but we as a group have taken on a role, a duty, to help all drivers involved in transportation to go home at night safely, to find their families. So I congratulate you all for the effort you are making and I hope we can continue to have the same good and good cooperation as we have today to achieve these goals.
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