Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets told Newsweek that Russian troops must be forced to leave all Ukrainian territory occupied since 2014.
"It's of course up to every parliament of the member states, but we here in Estonia would like to show a good example and ratify it as quickly as possible," Liimets said."I sense the same feeling, at least in our neighborhood," the foreign minister said of Estonia's fellow Baltic states.
Liimets echoed the president's appeal."We all need to ask what we could do more," she said."It's really a war between democracy and autocracy. And I think that because of that, we also need to give more support to Ukraine." The European Commission will in June deliver its verdict on whether Ukraine is suitable for EU candidate status, an important landmark on the long and bumpy road to full membership.The nations on the bloc's eastern flank have been enthusiastic in their support of Ukraine's full membership. Some others in central and western Europe have been less so.this summer, even if their appeals for an accelerated membership process appear to have fallen on deaf ears.
"We think that it's absolutely appropriate to give candidacy status to Ukraine," Liimets said."And I hope the Commission has enough time to make an appropriate analysis and recommendation for the member states."
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