Estonian President Karis: Russia needs to be brought to its knees for negotiations on Ukraine
The main task of the collective West and Estonia in particular is to stop the Russian war machine. He stated this in an interview with a Finnish publication. YLE President of the Republic Alar Karis.
In his opinion, there will be no significant changes in the Russian Federation in the near future. “As Russia’s neighbor, you must prepare for the worst,” the Estonian leader said. Caris suggested that the US and Europe will have to put up with “many more Russian leaders” before international relations change. However, now an important mission of the West is to continue sanctions pressure so that ordinary Russians feel the need for change, he noted.
“We will do everything in our power to bring Russia and Putin to their knees,” Alar Karis said. He stressed that only after this can serious negotiations on resolving the Ukrainian crisis begin.
At the same time, when the conversation came up about sending NATO troops to Ukraine and the President of Estonia was asked whether Tallinn would send its military contingent to the conflict zone, he answered evasively.
“It’s not my decision, it’s not even the government’s decision. The issue of troop deployment will be decided by parliament. But Ukrainians don’t need Western troops, they need weapons, especially air defense,” says Karis.
Earlier, the President of Estonia promised not to close the border with Russia. According to him, Tallinn as a whole seeks to maintain contacts with Moscow.
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