Photo Credit: erik@luntang.eu NATO Foreign Ministers held an extraordinary meeting in Brussels today (4 March 2022) to address the escalating crisis in Ukraine. They were joined by the Foreign Ministers of Finland and Sweden and the European Union High Representative. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba addressed his counterparts in a video message, in which he…
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Discussion in the Riigikogu focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine – Estonia
Photo Credits: Erik Peinar Today, an additional sitting was held in the Riigikogu where the security situation in Europe in light of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine was discussed as a matter of significant national importance on the proposal of the National Defence Committee. At the beginning of his report, Minister of Defence Kalle Laanet discussed the current…
US Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Belgium, Poland, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Belgium, Poland, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia from March 3 to 8, 2022. The trip continues extensive consultations and coordination with our NATO Allies and European partners about the Russian Federation’s continued premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war against Ukraine. Secretary Blinken will begin his trip in…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson´s speech in Poland on the Russian invasion of Ukraine: 1 March 2022
I’m back here in Poland again. It’s always good to be here but I’m afraid I’m here in the background of an unfolding European tragedy, when Poland is in the frontline. Two weeks ago, when I met Mateusz and the Polish government, we agreed that our countries would stand shoulder to shoulder in what we…
Speech by Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson concerning Russia’s military attack on Ukraine
Sweden. There is a war going on in Europe. At the moment, cities such as Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mariupol are being attacked by Russian forces. With anger, we all learn of the attacks on the people of Ukraine. We are also filled with admiration for all Ukrainians who are committed to the furious defence of…
People in Ukraine and Around the World are Looking to Us – Secretary Antony J. Blinken U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE
In picture: Secretary Antony J. Blinken More than at any other point in recent history, the principles at the heart of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s work – and the entire United Nations – are being challenged. Russia is currently carrying out a premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack on Ukraine, violating international law, flouting…