Hussar attends NATO Parliamentary Summit in Washington

According to Hussar, Estonia’s priority is to achieve strong support for Ukraine. “It is necessary to create a NATO support mechanism to coordinate providing military aid and training to Ukraine. It is also important to underline that military aid is long-term and Ukraine can count on it. Coordinated and predictable military aid will create the preconditions for Ukraine’s victory and NATO membership,” Hussar said.

“The greatest threat to NATO from all strategic directions is Russia. It is important to agree with our allies how we plan to contain Russia’s aggressive actions in the long term and how we will respond to Russia’s robust hybrid activities,” Hussar said. “We must also continue with increasing the cost of aggression for Russia. We have to do all we can to help Ukraine to victory and to restore peace in Europe.”

“The discussions will also focus on strengthening defence capability and increasing defence spending. NATO’s new defence plans provide for the development of new capabilities and the acquisition of ammunition. As the new targets also require a higher contribution, it is necessary that as many allies as possible bring their defence spending to at least 2.5% of GDP. In the future, 2.5% should be the target level for all NATO member countries, and raising of the target level should be discussed already at the next summit in the Netherlands,” Hussar emphasised.

In Washington, Hussar will meet with President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal José Pedro Aguiar-Branco and President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain Francina Armengol Socias.

Lauri Hussar is accompanied on the visit by Head of the Estonian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Raimond Kaljulaid.

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Source: Parliament of Estonia