Hussar underlined the importance of rapid use of Russia’s frozen assets in Denmark

At the meetings with members of the Parliament and the Government of Denmark, Hussar said that Europe had to strengthen cooperation in supporting Ukraine. “We have to move on quickly with using Russia’s assets that were frozen under sanctions, and continue to tighten sanctions to exert pressure on Russia,” he said, and reiterated that it was necessary to keep supporting Ukraine in the war of aggression launched by Russia.

The NATO Summit, which will take place in June, and further cooperation with the United States were also discussed at the meetings. Hussar highlighted Estonia’s decision to allocate more than five per cent of GDP to national defence in the coming years and stressed the need to ensure that the increased defence budget is used to strengthen national defence as effectively as possible.

The meetings confirmed the excellent relations and cooperation between Estonia and Denmark in the European Union, NATO and the Nordic-Baltic cooperation format NB8, where Denmark holds the Presidency this year. The development of cooperation in the field of energy and green issues, as well as in new technologies and the defence industry, were also discussed.

Yesterday, the President of the Riigikogu had meetings with Speaker of the Folketing Søren Gade, Deputy Speakers Leif Lahn Jensen, Karsten Hønge and Lars-Christian Brask, as well as with Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee Christian Friis Bach.

Hussar also had a meeting with Minister for Resilience and Preparedness Torsten Schack Pedersen, with whom he discussed strengthening the protection of the critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, including the need to restrict the movement of Russia’s shadow fleet in the Baltic Sea. At the meeting with Europe Minister Marie Bjerre, the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which will start in July, as well as the enlargement of the Union and the situation in South Caucasus were discussed. Hussar also visited the public-private green transition cooperation platform State of Green, and met with local Estonian community at the Embassy of Estonia.

The President of the Riigikogu was accompanied on the visit by Chair of the Estonia-Denmark Parliamentary Friendship Group Maris Lauri and Member of the Riigikogu Enn Eesmaa.

Photos (Erik Peinar / Chancellery of the Riigikogu)

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Source: Parliament of Estonia