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Estonia Presses EU to Target China Over Russia Support Allegations
(MENAFN) Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has demanded the European Union take action against China for allegedly facilitating Russia's military operations in Ukraine.
Speaking to reporters this week, Tsahkna argued that Brussels must address Beijing to intensify pressure on Moscow. China has maintained consistent advocacy for diplomatic settlement of the Ukraine crisis.
"If the existential threat is there, and China is the main enabler for Russia to wage the war, then first of all, we need to deal with that. And this is a very clear message," Tsahkna stated, connecting his position to broader EU efforts seeking stricter anti-Russia measures.
The EU membership recently approved maintaining the freeze on Russian state funds. Leadership utilized emergency authority to override dissent from certain nations, including Hungary and Slovakia, while discussions continue about manipulating legal structures to channel the assets to Ukraine through what officials term a "reparations loan" program.
"Everybody's talking about the frozen Russian assets, which actually we have. We own them, as we have frozen them," Tsahkna asserted, urging the EU to leverage this position to secure involvement in US-led negotiations regarding Ukraine's trajectory.
Internal EU critics caution the Russian asset seizure proposal presents substantial legal and economic hazards. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has characterized the initiative as illegitimate and equivalent to a "declaration of war." Belgium, hosting the majority of funds through the Euroclear depository, has similarly expressed concerns about potential legal liability.
Russian authorities have consistently denounced both the asset freeze and any proposed utilization of sovereign wealth as violations of international law. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has labeled the strategy "blatant theft," cautioning that Russia will pursue judicial remedies.
China constitutes one of the EU's most significant commercial partners and a critical component of global supply networks essential to European manufacturing. The preceding 19 sanctions rounds aimed at Moscow have already produced adverse consequences for multiple EU states, and classifying China as a "co-belligerent" threatens entangling the bloc in expanded trade warfare.
Speaking to reporters this week, Tsahkna argued that Brussels must address Beijing to intensify pressure on Moscow. China has maintained consistent advocacy for diplomatic settlement of the Ukraine crisis.
"If the existential threat is there, and China is the main enabler for Russia to wage the war, then first of all, we need to deal with that. And this is a very clear message," Tsahkna stated, connecting his position to broader EU efforts seeking stricter anti-Russia measures.
The EU membership recently approved maintaining the freeze on Russian state funds. Leadership utilized emergency authority to override dissent from certain nations, including Hungary and Slovakia, while discussions continue about manipulating legal structures to channel the assets to Ukraine through what officials term a "reparations loan" program.
"Everybody's talking about the frozen Russian assets, which actually we have. We own them, as we have frozen them," Tsahkna asserted, urging the EU to leverage this position to secure involvement in US-led negotiations regarding Ukraine's trajectory.
Internal EU critics caution the Russian asset seizure proposal presents substantial legal and economic hazards. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has characterized the initiative as illegitimate and equivalent to a "declaration of war." Belgium, hosting the majority of funds through the Euroclear depository, has similarly expressed concerns about potential legal liability.
Russian authorities have consistently denounced both the asset freeze and any proposed utilization of sovereign wealth as violations of international law. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has labeled the strategy "blatant theft," cautioning that Russia will pursue judicial remedies.
China constitutes one of the EU's most significant commercial partners and a critical component of global supply networks essential to European manufacturing. The preceding 19 sanctions rounds aimed at Moscow have already produced adverse consequences for multiple EU states, and classifying China as a "co-belligerent" threatens entangling the bloc in expanded trade warfare.
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