Foreign Affairs Committee supports the drafting of a Statement supporting Ukraine joining NATO

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Marko Mihkelson recalled that, already in 2008, the member countries of NATO had decided that Ukraine would become a member of NATO. Last year, the Government of Ukraine submitted an application to join NATO. “Our Committee is of the opinion that, already at the Vilnius Summit in July, NATO will have to take a step forward and give Ukraine a clear roadmap for post-war accession,” he said.

Mihkelson added that representatives of the parliamentary groups of the Riigikogu would continue working on the text of the draft Statement in the coming days, with the aim of completing the draft and submitting it for parliamentary proceedings this week. A draft statement of the Riigikogu can be initiated by not less than one-fifth of the members of the Riigikogu or at least 21 members of the Riigikogu.

Since the beginning of the last year, the Riigikogu has adopted a total of five Statements and one Communication to condemn Russia’s activities and to express support to Ukraine. Most recently, on 22 February, the Riigikogu adopted the Statement submitted by 94 members of the Riigikogu to mark the passing of a year from the beginning of the full-scale military aggression by the Russian Federation in Ukraine and to express their respect for the heroic people of Ukraine.

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Source: Parliament of Estonia