00:00Good morning. This week is very important for Europe, for Ukraine, and I do hope for the just and lasting peace as well, because Europe must make a decision about reparation loan, which will be used using the Russian frozen assets.
00:18And it's, of course, very important to give Ukraine the financial support, altogether 210 billion, but within the next two years, 90 billion. It's lots of money. Ukraine needs for the next year, like 60 billion and a half of this money they have already.
00:38So you can imagine how strong financial support it will be, and it will give as well for Ukraine stronger position against Russia aggression, but also during the negotiations.
00:50The second thing is that Europe now is out from these negotiations, and everybody is talking about the Russian frozen assets, which actually we have. We own them, as we have been frozen there.
01:03And so Europe must put ourselves around the table about the peace, just and lasting peace in Ukraine, because it's not about territories in Ukraine. It's about European security architecture. It's about our interests as well, and Ukraine belongs to Europe.
01:21So this is very important that at least in council, during the council meeting on Thursday and Friday, our leaders will make this decision.
01:28You're talking about what the special envoy of Ukraine has been discussing. So I think that Europe must make this kind of decisions, who is joining and when to European Union.
01:52But we are very much, we are very much, we are very great supporter of Ukraine, Moldova, and the other countries joining the European Union, as soon as possible.
02:03I will be very happy if it happens for the 1st of January 27, but now we need to first open the first cluster, and we are not able to do it.
02:13This is a big problem. So we are focusing on that as well today.
02:16But if you're talking about the really working and efficient security guarantees, is the full membership of NATO to Ukraine in the future.
02:23It is not possible right now, but that's why the coalition of the willing is very important.
02:28And I'm not talking about the European Union, I'm talking about Europe, I'm talking about UK, France, and other countries.
02:34And the Estonian government already marched this year, decided that if there will be efficient and working security guarantees based on the Arctic 5 principle, one for all, all for one, boots on the ground, we will participate.
02:48We will send our troops in together with all the other allies.
02:51And I think this is the most efficient and working security guarantees if Europe is putting their skin in the game.
02:57But then as well, we need to have a very clear understanding about US participation, what it will be.
03:04So we are lacking information about that, and I do hope to get more information today.
