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"On Sunday two young Estonians, unofficial election observers, were arrested in Minsk. ‘Don’t come to Minsk with your orange revolution,’ they were told. The Belarusian elections were still not free this time round. I am convinced that the elections that will be held this weekend in Ukraine will be democratic, fair and free. Having just visited Kiev, I can confirm that.
Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus – Estonia sympathises with these countries, because we have not forgotten our history.
This week, Estonia mourns a person without whom our return to Europe would have been considerably more difficult. Obituaries refer to President Lennart Meri as a great Estonian. He was chosen European of the Year five years before Estonia joined the European Union. Lennart Meri devoted all of his energy to the struggle against ‘petty-European’ thinking.
The European Union should not behave in a narrow-minded or short-sighted manner. It must support all those countries attempting to free themselves from the shackles of the past and join a democratic Europe.
We must unequivocally state that fulfilment of the three Copenhagen criteria also offers the vassal states of the Soviet Union the opportunity to become Member States of the European Union."@en1
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