Estonian FM raises violation of int’l law regarding Ukraine, Georgia at UN
Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu. Photo: Estonian Foreign Ministry press office.
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Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu has raised the issue of violation of international law regarding Ukraine and Georgia in his first statement as an elected member of the UN Security Council in New York.
He said that violations of international law, including the UN Charter, were still taking place in Europe.
Reinsalu said that the UN Security Council as well as the General Assembly have drawn attention to the violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and Georgia.
It is crucial to keep a continued focus on these issues,” he said.
He also called for a de-escalation of tensions and an investigation into the circumstances of the recent plane crash in Tehran, Iran.
Georgia is ‘deeply saddened’ by the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 which killed more than 170 people earlier today in Iran. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili wrote that it is an “unspeakable tragedy.” The plane of the Ukraine International Airlines is reported to crash shortly after take-off from Iran's Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran.
“I am convinced that we will get where you are and we will be again in the same family”, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said at a joint press conference with her Estonian counterpart Kersti Kaljulaid in Tallinn today.
President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili held a phone conversation with her Estonian counterpart President Kersti Kaljulaid yesterday. Zurabishvili, who was the initiator of the call, thanked Kaljulaid for raising the issue of Georgia at her recent meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
In anticipation Georgia's progress to be appropriately recognised at upcoming NATO summit in Brussels, President Margvelashvili has discussed steps made by the country towards Euro-Atlantic integration with Estonian leaders.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has extended his gratitude to the Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia for his support and condolences over the recent crash of a Ukrainian Boeing 737-800, which killed all 176 people on board in Iran.