There is no plan b – the Estonian leader knocked out the home secretary's speech to Nato, alongside developing a national defense deputy program

tallinn Estonian politicians the prime minister right down to the take on Wednesday, carrying a right-wing populist Ekre-party chairman, interior minister Mart Pearl Nato-related comments.

Helme said Tuesday the Finnish policy of suppliers is held at the occasion of Estonia to prepare a "plan b" in case Nato able to fulfill its obligation to defend the Baltic states.

– we are Working on plan b's in a couple, i.e. a couple of what Estonia – not only in Estonia but also in other Baltic states – is going to do, if it is, what Macron said is true, Helme said, referring to the French president sector Emmanuel macron the recent speeches of Nato unreliable.

Helme told me she likes Macronin speeches aivokuolleesta Nato partly am exaggerating when, but seeing nato in trouble. He told Finnish journalists that he worried about, for example, that americans talk so much about China, forget Russia.

– estonia to Russia is always a threat, Helme stressed.

Estonian minister of internal affairs of the Nato the comments wrote on the first evening press (switch to another service).

Estonia's leadership denies the Pearl speeches

on Wednesday in Estonia, the top leadership denied the so-called plan b's existence and to highlight estonia's close relations with Nato.

Prime minister mr Jüri Ratas said Postimees-newspaper interview (move to another service) Nato are Estonia, "a-, b - and c-plan." According to him, nato's operational capacity and the alliance is not to be questioned.

defense minister Jüri Luik comment on release which informed voice of plan b, to be absurd.

the Government has not discussed and will not discuss any plan b's development. Such rhetoric only undermine the unity of Nato. Nato is not the Estonian defence options, Luik wrote.

Also the foreign minister of Urmas Reinsalu emphasis on the Estonian radio ERR:no interview (move to another service) nato's importance to Estonia.

– Estonia is ready to make its contribution to the Nato allies in the defence and we have no reason to doubt Nato allies loyalty towards us, Reinsalu said.

the news site Delfi asked about possible plan b's existence also the Latvian minister of defence (switch to another service), which denied having heard anything about it.

Many of the opposition representatives have demanded Beads to resign Nato-speech. For example, the country's largest opposition party, the reform party, president of Kaja Kallas said today Delfi-news sites (as you move to another service), that Estonia is ruled by chaos, not the government.

– the Pearl of the statements are unknown and undermine estonia's reputation. In normal circumstances, they should lead the minister to get rid of, Kallas said.

Helme explain his speeches afterwards

the interior minister Helme claimed on Wednesday to the media a letter in the bulletin of the Finnish suppliers have understood his comment wrong.

in the afternoon he refine remarks Postimees newspaper. (you move to another service)

When I read the interview written out, I noticed that it can really get the impression that running would be the talks [alternative defence alliance] neighbouring countries, Helme said.

– I Mean above all, however, that the same concerns apply to all states in Finland, Poland, maybe etelämmäksikin, he continued.

I didn't say word for word that we were doing with other countries in common have a plan b, but that impression may have been to stay. Reporters are right, when you said you understood that. But I do it so I don't think about you.

Postimees did the fact of amendment of the Finnish vendor interview situation, recording by recording basis and concluded that the interior minister had spoken ambiguously.

"plan b", which Helme refers to can be a magazine, according to the interpretation of the alternative defence alliance design, but not necessarily.

estonia's interior minister, Mart Helme, outraged at the government office many times before.Valda Kalniņa / EPAPolitiikantutkija: comments undermine estonia's credibility

the Tallinn university political scientist mr tõnis Saarts said on Wednesday, Yle, that the beads of the Nato-speeches undermining the state of Estonia and the government's international credibility.

– from the Outside view, now seems unclear who create and develop estonia's security policy. Is it the prime minister mr Jüri Ratas, minister of defence Jüri Luik, or interior minister, Mart Helme? Who should I contact if want to hear the Estonian government's position on these issues?

Mart Helme is known for provocative comments, which he had explaining to do afterwards and which other government partners to condemn.

mr tõnis Saarts not believe tiistaisen Nato speech be the Treasurer of the conscious and strategic choice.

– Rather, he was thoughtless and didn't understand, to whom and in what position he was talking about, and what kind of interpretations of the speeches can be a drag.

Saarts does not believe that the Estonian government should fall to the minister of internal affairs Nato-speeches.

– This government has dealt with worse crises. No one wants a new government crisis. February's talk is just one more in a long conflict in the chain of this government period.

in Recent weeks, the government of Estonia has been in crisis Ekre-the party's rural minister of Mart lake of related to the distrust of the scandal.

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