Leaders of Russia, Estonia sit down for talks

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News ID: 38084
Publish Date: 18:17 - 18 April 2019
TEHRAN, Apr 18 - The presidents of Russia and Estonia have sat down for talks at the Kremlin for the first time in nearly a decade.

Leaders of Russia, Estonia sit down for talksTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid arrived in Moscow on Thursday to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin.

Putin told Kaljulaid in opening remarks that the lack of high-level contacts between Russia and Estonia is "not a normal situation" and said that both countries have a lot of issues in common, including environment issues surrounding the Baltic Sea and security.

Estonia, which borders Russia's northwest and is home to a large Russian-speaking minority, was spooked by Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its support for separatists in eastern Ukraine.

Source: AP

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