National Defence Committee is on working visit in Germany

Kaljulaid said that Germany was a very important partner to Estonia and a key contributor to the security of our region. Germany has enhanced its presence in Lithuania and has consistently participated also in the Baltic air policing mission.

Kaljulaid noted that Germany had given Ukraine more than two billion euro in defence aid and has supported Ukraine with a total of more than three billion euro. “We very much welcome Germany’s recent decision to provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 battle tanks. Ukraine needs rapid and extensive support to win the war,” he said, and added that the hardest battles were still ahead for Ukraine. “Therefore, it is crucial that the Western countries continue to provide assistance to Ukraine, and do this quickly and on a larger scale than before.”

During their visit in Germany, Kaljulaid and Laanet will meet with Chair of the Defence Committee of the Bundestag Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann and Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defence Thomas Hitschler. Today and tomorrow they also plan to have meetings with representatives of political parties.

The representatives of the National Defence Committee will return to Estonia on Friday.

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Source: Parliament of Estonia