Chairs of Baltic Foreign Affairs Committees start joint visit to Israel

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Mihkelson said that Estonia strongly condemned Hamas terrorist attacks and was concerned about the expansion of terrorist activities in the region. He added that the efforts of terrorist regimes to create instability in the Middle East must be resisted, terrorist organisations and the regimes that support them must be held to account, and every effort must be made to prevent further escalation of the conflict.

“The international community must coordinate support to Israel, and at the same time not to lose attention on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. It is also necessary to think how to continue the political process that should lead to a lasting peace and thereby ensure Israel’s security,” he said.

During the visit, the Chairs of the Baltic Foreign Affairs Committees plan to meet with Speaker of the Knesset (Parliament) of Israel Amir Ohana, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein and leader of the Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Parliamentary Friendship Group Simon Davidson. They also intend to attend the opening of the Winter Session of the Knesset and have a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel Eli Cohen.

Besides Mihkelson, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Saeima (Parliament) of Latvia Rihards Kols and Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania Žygimantas Pavilionis participate in the visit. From Jerusalem, they will travel on to the meeting of the Chairs of the Nordic and Baltic (NB8) Foreign Affairs Committees that will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday and Friday.

The meeting will focus on the Nordic-Baltic cooperation, Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine and further support to Ukraine. In addition to the tightening of sanctions, using of Russia’s frozen assets for the reconstruction of Ukraine will also be discussed.

The meeting, which is held in NB8 format, brings together the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the Parliaments of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

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Source: Parliament of Estonia