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European ministers discuss rule of law, EU-UK relations, COVID-19 vaccines 2021-04-21 BNS/TBT Staff
TALLINN – Mart Volmer, deputy secretary general of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday attended the video meeting of European affairs ministers, who discussed rule of law, EU-UK relations, COVID-19 EU coordination, the Conference on the Future of Europe and European Union enlargement.
In the framework of the annual rule of law dialogue, the ministers continued a process launched last November, looking at the state of the rule of law in member states and sharing best practices. We believe that digitization contributes to upholding rule of law, Volmer said. I am convinced we must commit ourselves to this process. It is crucial to develop digital solutions for judicial proceedings in all member states.
EU foreign affairs ministers reaffirm their support for Ukraine 2021-04-19 BNS/TBT Staff
TALLINN - Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets attended the informal video meeting of EU European affairs ministers on Monday to discuss the situation in Ukraine and Ethiopia and also touch upon events in Georgia, Belarus, Myanmar and Russia.
They discussed Russia s recent actions around Ukraine that have led to a considerable rise in tensions, spokespeople for the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The escalation of the situation in Ukraine has a direct impact on the security of our entire region. The European Union must send a strong signal to Russia and the international community that actions of this kind have concrete consequences, Liimets said.
0 >The Baltic foreign minister at Vilnius Airport (April 15, 2021) before an official visit to Kyiv, Ukraine. Source: Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Baltic states foreign ministers will visit Kyiv on Thursday in a show of solidarity and to get a thorough understanding of the Russian military build-up on Ukraine s eastern border.
A spokesperson for the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday the ministers were invited to Kyiv by Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba. The purpose of the visit is to confirm Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania s solidarity with Ukraine in the context of the destabilizing activities of the Russian Federation, to show support to Ukraine and to get a thorough overview of the situation, the spokesperson said.
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Furiously criticizing the President of the Czech Senate for visiting Taiwan. Fiercely castigating the organizers of a prestigious international trade forum for not banning European executives that denounced the Chinese government. Frantically condemning the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a diplomatic visit that an Estonian member of the European Parliament made. The list goes on. Almost every month, European commentators cite another instance that supposedly demonstrates how little Chinese officials seem to understand the liberal, democratic values of the European Union and its member states. As several of them have concluded, “Moments like these have shown that China doesn’t understand the EU at all.” Simultaneously, negative views of China have now reached the highest point since the beginning of the century in numerous European countries. Accor