Ratas confirmed support to establishing of international special tribunal

President of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) Jüri Ratas and Prime Minister of Croatia Andrej Plenković discussed further support for Ukraine at their meeting today, confirming strong support for the establishment of an international special tribunal to investigate Russia’s crime of aggression.

Ratas said at the meeting that Estonia and Croatia shared the same values and that the bilateral cooperation of the two countries in both the European Union and NATO was excellent. Ratas underlined that the unity of the Western countries was especially relevant in the current complicated security situation.

“It is very important that we also stand united in our positions on the war of aggression Russia has launched in Ukraine. We will do our utmost to support Ukraine in every way we can and to offer them political, military and humanitarian aid. We also strongly support the establishment of an international special tribunal and consider it important to continue with imposing sanctions on Russia in order to raise the cost of aggression,” Ratas said.

The President of the Riigikogu highlighted the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO as a positive step. In his opinion, it will strengthen security in the entire alliance, especially on NATO’s eastern flank. He specially thanked Croatia for its cooperation in the NATO Cyber Defence Centre in Tallinn and welcomed the country’s recent accession to the eurozone and the Schengen area. Ratas also considered it necessary to continue close contacts between the Parliaments of Estonia and Croatia.

At the meeting, Ratas and Plenković also spoke about the challenges relating to inflation and ways to alleviate energy costs, and discussed the situation West Balkan in a broader context.

Photos of the meeting (Erik Peinar / Chancellery of the Riigikogu)

Source: Parliament of Estonia