On April 3, 🇪🇪 hosted a conference on the law of the sea and the protection of critical undersea infrastructure. Participants from nearly 30 states.
Focus on prevention, enforcement measures and legal processes regarding the damage to CUI in coastal state’s EEZ.
Good fruit for thought for states.
Thank you to Deputy Minister Ambassador Levent Gümrükçü and Director General for International Law Ambassador Kaan Esener for hosting the Turkish-Estonian international law consultations and for the exchange of views on pertinent foreign policy issues. 🇹🇷 🇪🇪
Had a very nice meeting today with Megi Fino, Albanian Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, who visited Estonia for the EU enlargement conference.
Our discussions focused on the implementation and alignment with the EU sanctions.
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Today, #BalticStates take a strategic step to strengthen our energy security as we disconnect from Russian power grid.
We will join our electricity system with continental Europe - where we belong.
Grateful for the effective cooperation with #Latvia #Lithuania #Poland & support from #EU #USA & #UK
In a joint letter 12 likeminded countries, including Estonia call on #G7 to take additional steps to reduce Russia's revenues from selling its energy carriers.
1/3 of Russia’s revenues & 2/3 of its exports are linked to energy carriers.
With these revenues Russia funds its aggression in #Ukraine.
We must bring justice to the victims.
Estonia remains committed to creating a tribunal that overcomes immunities & allows prosecution of crime of aggression as a leadership crime based on the Rome Statute.
Looking forward to initiating formal process within the Council of Europe.
Russia started this war so Russia must pay the price of it.
Today Ukraine will receive €3 billion from our G7 loan which will be repaid with the proceeds from Russian frozen assets.
This will support Ukraine’s economy and free up Ukrainian money for defence.
Today during the JEF Leaders’ Summit in Tallinn, 🇩🇰 🇪🇪 🇫🇮 🇩🇪 🇮🇸 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇳🇱 🇳🇴 🇵🇱 🇸🇪 🇬🇧 agreed to disrupt and deter 🇷🇺 shadow fleet vessels.
🇬🇧 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇵🇱 🇫🇮 🇪🇪 are tasking their maritime authorities to request relevant proof of insurance from suspected shadow vessels.
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Today, 🇪🇪 Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna imposed sanctions on 11 🇬🇪 officials, including 🇬🇪 Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri and Bidzina Ivanishvili, Honorary Chairman of Georgian Dream, due to their participation in serious human rights violations in 🇬🇪.
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The three Baltic States jointly agreed to impose national sanctions against those who suppressed legitimate protests in #Georgia.
Opponents of democracy & violators of human rights are not welcome in our countries.
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The Government of 🇪🇪 renewed sanctions policy towards Russia.
As Russia continues its brutal aggression against Ukraine and hybrid activities against the West and Putin’s aims have not changed, the only correct decision is to continue raising the cost of the war for Russia.
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Today the Core Group on the Establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine adopted a resolution reaffirming its continued effort to establish a special tribunal for prosecuting the crime of aggression committed against 🇺🇦.👇
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Calls for peace amid Russia's prolonged aggression against Ukraine are increasingly prevalent, yet such calls risk encouraging dangerous concessions.
Historical lessons underscore that peace should never come at the cost of ceding territory to aggressors.
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🇯🇵🇺🇦 Zelensky: Met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Thank you for allocating $3 billion within the framework of the G7 decision regarding a loan of 50 billion dollars, which will be repaid at the expense of revenues from frozen Russian assets.
This morning, Russian Gazprom stopped gas supplies to Austria.
Austria's close cooperation in gas imports, which had existed since 1968, first with the USSR and then with Russia, came to an abrupt halt within 3 days.
◾️ How and why did it happen?
On 13-15 November experts from🇩🇰🇫🇮🇪🇪🇩🇪🇳🇱🇳🇴🇬🇧🇱🇻🇱🇹🇸🇪🇵🇱🇮🇸met in #Helsinki & #Tallinn to discuss joint actions against the Russian shadow fleet.
They affirmed their shared commitment to work collectively to confront the risks posed by shadow fleet, in particular to coastal states.
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