Hussar participates in the meeting of Baltic, Polish and Ukrainian Speakers in Riga

According to Hussar, strong support for Ukraine will be at the heart of both the meeting of the Speakers and the NATO Summit that will start in Vilnius on Tuesday. “We must do everything we can to give Ukraine all the help and support they need to win the war. As the Speakers of the Parliaments of five countries, we will discuss how our countries, as well as the wider international community, could support Ukraine even more effectively in the fight against Russian aggression as well as on the road to the EU and NATO,” he said.

Hussar underlined that the countries participating in the meeting were convinced that in order to achieve lasting peace, Ukraine had to become a member of both the European Union and NATO. In mid-May this year, the Riigikogu passed the Statement in support of Ukraine’s wish to join NATO as the only way to ensure a rules-based world order, lasting peace and the security of the democratic countries of Europe. In the Statement, the Riigikogu said that it was important to formulate the steps necessary for Ukraine’s rapid integration into NATO at the Vilnius Summit, and to grant Ukraine an invitation to join the Alliance.

At the meeting, the Speakers will also discuss raising the cost of aggression to Russia. “We have to impose new sanctions and consistently enforce those already in place, as well as move forward with using Russia’s frozen assets for the reconstruction of Ukraine,” Hussar said, and added that the establishing of a special international tribunal is also high on the agenda of the discussions. In mid-June, the Riigikogu was the first parliament that adopted a Statement in which it demanded holding to account individually those involved in planning, preparation, launching and committing the crime of aggression against Ukraine, and called on establishing for this a special international tribunal under the auspices of the UN.

Besides Hussar, Edvards Smiltēns from the Parliament of Latvia, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen from the Parliament of Lithuania, Elżbieta Witek from the Parliament of Poland and Ruslan Stefanchuk from the Parliament of Ukraine participate in the meeting of the Speakers. At the end of the meeting, the Speakers plan to adopt a Joint Statement.

Today, Hussar together with other Speakers will meet with the President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs and attend the Latvian Song and Dance Festival.

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