President of the Riigikogu is on an official visit to Denmark

Hussar described Denmark as a friendly and valuable partner for Estonia in the European Union and NATO, but also in the Nordic-Baltic cooperation format NB8, where Denmark holds the presidency this year. In July, Denmark will also become the presidency country of the Council of the European Union.

“The meetings will provide an opportunity to discuss key topics of European security, including how we could best help Ukraine in the continuing war of aggression by Russia, tighten sanctions against Russia, and consequently start using frozen Russian assets in support of Ukraine,” Hussar said. He added that future cooperation with the USA would also be an important topic at the meetings.

Another topic will be cooperation between Estonia and Denmark, where Hussar sees the most potential in energy and green topics, as well as new technologies and defence industry. Topics of NATO June summit and strengthening of critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea are also on the agenda.

The President of the Riigikogu will meet the Speaker of the Folketing Søren Gade, Deputy Speakers Leif Lahn Jenseni, Karina Adsbøli, Karsten Hønge, and Lars-Christian Brask, as well as the Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee Christian Friis Bach. He is also planning to meet with the Minister for Resilience and Preparedness Torsten Schack Pedersen and the Europe Minister Marie Bjerre. The schedule also includes a visit to the public-private green transition cooperation platform State of Green and a meet-up with of the local Estonian community in the Estonian embassy.

The President of the Riigikogu is accompanied on the visit by the Chair of the Estonia-Denmark Parliamentary Friendship Group Maris Lauri and Member of the Riigikogu Enn Eesmaa.

Photos (will be added in accordance with the programme; author: (Erik Peinar / Chancellery of the Riigikogu)

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Source: Parliament of Estonia