Hussar and Rinkēvičs discussed supporting Ukraine on its path to NATO and EU

Hussar said that after 24 February last year, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the importance of parliamentary diplomacy and the role of parliaments had grown. According to him, the meeting of the Speakers of the Parliaments of the Baltic States, Poland and Ukraine, which took place in Riga today, and the Joint Statement made together with the Speaker of Bundestag, which called on the Allies to undertake the commitment that Ukraine will become a member of NATO, were excellent examples of cooperation between the parliaments of the region. “Parliaments have a lot to do and explain in supporting Ukraine and increasing the security of the region,” he said.

At the meeting, Hussar and Rinkēvičs also discussed the objectives of the NATO Summit, which will start tomorrow in Vilnius, Lithuania. Among other things, they spoke of Sweden’s accession to NATO, approving of regional defence plans and reaching a defence spending agreement that would be more ambitious than before. The need to strengthen internal security and to deal with psychological defence, particularly to increase the media competence of society, were discussed as well. The situation of cross-border cooperation projects and the possibilities for closer cooperation between the two countries were also addressed at the meeting.

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Source: Parliament of Estonia