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NATO Secretary General to the President of the Republic: the alliance supports Estonia

03.05.2007

In yesterday’s telephone call to President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer confirmed the alliance’s support for Estonia and expressed serious concern about Russia’s behavior toward its neighboring state. In yesterday’s telephone call to President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer confirmed the alliance’s support for Estonia and expressed serious concern about Russia’s behavior toward its neighboring state.

“The relocation of a Second World War grave marker or monument is Estonia’s internal affair,” said the NATO Secretary General.

He condemned the anti-Estonian propaganda campaign initiated by Russia as well as the interference of the Russian Federation in Estonia’s internal affairs.

Scheffer said that Russia should immediately free the Estonian Embassy in Moscow from the blockade of demonstrators, terminate its violation of the Vienna Convention, and guarantee the security of Estonian diplomats.

The NATO Secretary General expressed concern about the cyber attacks on Estonian state institutions.

President Ilves informed de Hoop Scheffer that some of these attacks originated from computers in Russia’s governmental agencies.


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