DISINFO: Estonia and Lithuania seek to improve relations with Russia without preconditions
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: aif.ru (archived)* ukraina.ru (archived)*
  • Date of publication: December 25, 2017
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 93
  • Countries / regions discussed: Lithuania, Estonia, Russia
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DISINFO: Estonia and Lithuania seek to improve relations with Russia without preconditions

SUMMARY

President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite, and the Foreign Minister of Estonia Sven Mikser have both stated that they are seeking to improve relations with Russia, as is the European Union. Grybauskaite had no preconditions for cooperation with Russia.

RESPONSE

Both politicians' statements were distorted. President Grybauskaite emphasized in the interview that "the abandonment of the occupied territories, less aggression, lack of interest in manifesting power ... .., influence on elections in our countries ... will make possible cooperation with all our neighbours". The Foreign Minister stated in the cited interview that: "Both Estonia and the EU as a whole are interested in good relations with Russia. To improve relations, it is necessary to restore the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. We can not be blind to the fact that Russia in the most serious manner violates international law in Ukraine. No democratic state is ready to recognize in the 21st century the change of borders by armed means. " Read the full debunk at Stopfake.org www.stopfake.org/fejk-evrosoyuz-stremitsya-uluchshit-otnosheniya-s-rossiej-lyuboj-tsenoj/, .

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