Mihkelson participates in the meeting of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairs from 10 countries in London

NordenBladet —

Today and tomorrow, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu Marko Mihkelson participates in the meeting of the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the Baltic States, the Nordic Countries, the United Kingdom and Ireland in London, where the next steps in responding to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine will be jointly discussed.

Mihkelson said that both supporting Ukraine and putting pressure on Russia would be discussed at the meeting, and the threats arising from autocracies would also be spoken about more broadly. At the meeting, former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service of the UK Alex Younger will deliver a report on that topic, Senior Associate Fellow of defence and security think tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Mark Galeotti will outline the threats from Russia and Professor of Oxford University Rana Mitter will give an overview of issues relating to China. Journalist, writer and historian Anne Applebaum will also speak at the meeting. On Friday, the challenges connected with the Arctic and the polar regions will be discussed at the meeting of the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committees with several experts.

Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the Parliaments of the United Kingdom, Ireland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden participate in the meeting held in London, UK.

Source: Parliament of Estonia