Kerli Veski 🇪🇪
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Kerli Veski 🇪🇪
@kerliveski.bsky.social
Undersecretary for Legal and Consular Affairs @MFA Estonia. Diplomacy, foreign and security policy, sanctions, international law.
On April 3, 🇪🇪 hosted a conference on the law of the sea and the protection of critical undersea infrastructure. Participants from nearly 30 states.
Focus on prevention, enforcement measures and legal processes regarding the damage to CUI in coastal state’s EEZ.
Good fruit for thought for states.
April 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thank you to Deputy Minister Ambassador Levent Gümrükçü and Director General for International Law Ambassador Kaan Esener for hosting the Turkish-Estonian international law consultations and for the exchange of views on pertinent foreign policy issues. 🇹🇷 🇪🇪
March 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Had a very nice meeting today with Megi Fino, Albanian Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, who visited Estonia for the EU enlargement conference.
Our discussions focused on the implementation and alignment with the EU sanctions.
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February 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Today, #BalticStates take a strategic step to strengthen our energy security as we disconnect from Russian power grid.

We will join our electricity system with continental Europe - where we belong.

Grateful for the effective cooperation with #Latvia #Lithuania #Poland & support from #EU #USA & #UK
February 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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In a joint letter 12 likeminded countries, including Estonia call on #G7 to take additional steps to reduce Russia's revenues from selling its energy carriers.

1/3 of Russia’s revenues & 2/3 of its exports are linked to energy carriers.

With these revenues Russia funds its aggression in #Ukraine.
February 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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We must bring justice to the victims.

Estonia remains committed to creating a tribunal that overcomes immunities & allows prosecution of crime of aggression as a leadership crime based on the Rome Statute.

Looking forward to initiating formal process within the Council of Europe.
Unpunished crimes only encourage new atrocities.

Today we have taken an important step towards establishing a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

This is a signal to the world that no one from Russia’s leadership is untouchable.
February 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Russia started this war so Russia must pay the price of it.

Today Ukraine will receive €3 billion from our G7 loan which will be repaid with the proceeds from Russian frozen assets.

This will support Ukraine’s economy and free up Ukrainian money for defence.
January 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Today during the JEF Leaders’ Summit in Tallinn, 🇩🇰 🇪🇪 🇫🇮 🇩🇪 🇮🇸 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇳🇱 🇳🇴 🇵🇱 🇸🇪 🇬🇧 agreed to disrupt and deter 🇷🇺 shadow fleet vessels.

🇬🇧 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇵🇱 🇫🇮 🇪🇪 are tasking their maritime authorities to request relevant proof of insurance from suspected shadow vessels.

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12 European Countries Crack Down on Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’
Today during the JEF Leaders’ Summit in Tallinn, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom agreed to disrupt and de...
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December 16, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Today, 🇪🇪 Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna imposed sanctions on 11 🇬🇪 officials, including 🇬🇪 Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri and Bidzina Ivanishvili, Honorary Chairman of Georgian Dream, due to their participation in serious human rights violations in 🇬🇪.

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Foreign Minister Tsahkna bans 11 Georgian officials from entering Estonia
Today, December 2, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna imposed sanctions on 11 Georgian officials, including Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri and Bidzina Ivanishvili, Honorary Chairman of the...
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December 2, 2024 at 6:20 PM
The three Baltic States jointly agreed to impose national sanctions against those who suppressed legitimate protests in #Georgia.

Opponents of democracy & violators of human rights are not welcome in our countries.
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December 1, 2024 at 6:49 PM
The Government of 🇪🇪 renewed sanctions policy towards Russia.

As Russia continues its brutal aggression against Ukraine and hybrid activities against the West and Putin’s aims have not changed, the only correct decision is to continue raising the cost of the war for Russia.
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Government approves Estonia’s sanctions policy for Russia
Today, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna submitted a proposal to the government to review and continue Estonia’s current sanctions policy for Russia.
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November 25, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Today the Core Group on the Establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine adopted a resolution reaffirming its continued effort to establish a special tribunal for prosecuting the crime of aggression committed against 🇺🇦.👇

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November 22, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Calls for peace amid Russia's prolonged aggression against Ukraine are increasingly prevalent, yet such calls risk encouraging dangerous concessions.
Historical lessons underscore that peace should never come at the cost of ceding territory to aggressors.
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Margus Tsahkna: Concessions will only grow the aggressor's appetite
Calls for peace amid Russia's prolonged aggression against Ukraine are increasingly prevalent, yet such calls risk encouraging dangerous concessions. Historical lessons from the Munich Agreement in 19...
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November 17, 2024 at 9:11 AM
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🇯🇵🇺🇦 Zelensky: Met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Thank you for allocating $3 billion within the framework of the G7 decision regarding a loan of 50 billion dollars, which will be repaid at the expense of revenues from frozen Russian assets.
November 16, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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This morning, Russian Gazprom stopped gas supplies to Austria.

Austria's close cooperation in gas imports, which had existed since 1968, first with the USSR and then with Russia, came to an abrupt halt within 3 days.

◾️ How and why did it happen?
November 16, 2024 at 7:02 PM
On 13-15 November experts from🇩🇰🇫🇮🇪🇪🇩🇪🇳🇱🇳🇴🇬🇧🇱🇻🇱🇹🇸🇪🇵🇱🇮🇸met in #Helsinki & #Tallinn to discuss joint actions against the Russian shadow fleet.

They affirmed their shared commitment to work collectively to confront the risks posed by shadow fleet, in particular to coastal states.

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Regional group of European countries working together to further counter the Russian “shadow fleet”
On 13-15 November a group of 12 coastal countries from the Baltic Sea and the North Sea met in Helsinki and Tallinn to discuss further joint actions against the Russian “shadow fleet”.
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November 16, 2024 at 7:35 PM