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“Our Ukrainian colleagues expressed their position very clearly at our meeting: Ukraine acknowledges the efforts of the President of the United States Donald Trump to achieve lasting peace; however, Ukraine will never agree to yielding its territory or limiting the size of its armed forces or restricting its sovereignty,” said the Deputy Chairman of the National Defence Committee Leo Kunnas.
Member of the National Defence Committee and Chairman of the European Union Affairs Committee Peeter Tali said that to support Ukraine, we needed to unite forces with our allies in the European Union to direct Russia’s frozen assets into reconstructing Ukraine, establish an international tribunal for crimes of aggression, and cease doing business with Russia as soon as possible. “We must not underestimate the impact of Russia’s influencing activities and Russian money in capitals around the world. Trade with Russia will first corrupt our business sector, then our public sector, and eventually this corruption might also infect us, the politicians,” he warned.
The delegation of the Committee is meeting the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Korniyenko, the Chairman of the Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence Oleksandr Zavitnevych, and the Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Estonia Arsenii Pushkarenko. The delegation will also visit the Ukraine Ministry of Defence and the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, and meet with security analysts.
Kunnas and Tali are accompanied at the visit by members of the Committee Meelis Kiil and Priit Sibul.
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Source: Parliament of Estonia