Statements from Estonian parliament speaker raise tensions in ties with Russia - senior MP
The head of the Russian State Dumaâs Committee for International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky reiterated that the president of the Estonian parliament has been saying for a second year that the Tartu Peace Treaty has not lost its validity
MOSCOW, January 3./TASS/. Statements from President of the Riigikogu (unicameral parliament of Estonia) Henn P·lluaas about an alleged validity of the 1920 Tartu Peace Treaty stall the ratification of the Russian-Estonian border treaty and add tensions to relations of the two countries, the head of the Russian State Duma’s Committee for International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky, told TASS on Sunday.
On Friday, Speaker of the Riigikogu Henn Põlluaas (EKRE) gave his annual New Year Address on ETV and said the government "will do our best for it to be better than last year."
President of Estonian Parliament reminds Russia of Tartu Peace Treaty Dmitriy Novikov 114 https://static.news.ru/photo/d00c7f26-4cf3-11eb-b1b5-fa163e074e61 660.jpg Photo: riigikogu.ee
The President of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu), Henn Põlluaas, has reminded the Russian Federation of the Tartu Peace Treaty conditions.
According to the document signed on February 2, 1920, Russia recognized Estonia s independence and inviolability. Henn Põlluaas noted that the border between the states, established after the Treaty s ratification, continues to be valid.
Then the town of Ivangorod (Leningrad Oblast) and part of the Pechorsky District (Pskov Oblast) belonged to Estonia. After Estonia joined t