Kaljulaid and Mihkelson attend NATO Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session in the USA

Before the Plenary Sitting of the Assembly, discussions will be held in the committees of the Assembly this week. Kaljulaid is a member of the Defence and Security Committee and Mihkelson is a member of the Political Committee.

The NATO Parliamentary Assembly will convene for its Spring Session on Monday. Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte and Head of the U.S. delegation to the NATO PA Michael R. Turner will speak at the Plenary Sitting. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha will deliver a video message.

The debates at the Plenary Sitting will focus on two topics. First topic will cover taking NATO’s deterrence and defence capability to the next level at this year’s summit, which will be held at the end of June in The Hague, the Netherlands. The second topic will be achieving peace in Ukraine. The NATO Parliamentary Assembly plans to adopt a declaration on both topics of discussion at the sitting. At the end of the Session, new Secretary General of the Assembly will be elected.

Kaljulaid and Mihkelson will also take part in two panel discussions at the University of Dayton. Kaljulaid will speak at the panel organised in cooperation with the Atlantic Council, which will focus on the role of NATO and transatlantic relations in the tense global security environment. In addition to Head of the Estonian delegation Kaljulaid, President of the Atlantic Council Frederick Kempe, Head of the Norwegian Delegation Trond Helleland and Head of the British Delegation Derek Twigg will participate in the panel. The discussion will be moderated by Erwan Lagadec, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative.

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) Mihkelson will speak at the panel organised by the Assembly and the German Marshall Fund of the United States, where the focus will be on developing the defence industry of the USA and its European allies. Other speakers at the discussion will be Deputy Chair of the NATO Military Committee Lieutenant General Andy Rohling and Member of the German Bundestag Peter Beyer, and the discussion will be moderated by Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

On Sunday, Kaljulaid and Mihkelson, together with members of the Assembly’s Defence and Security Committee, will visit the Lima Army Tank Plant, where tanks and other land warfare platforms used by NATO allies and Ukraine are produced.

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Source: Parliament of Estonia