“Yet another Baltic Sea cable is damaged by yet another ship. This time, damage was done to a data cable connecting Latvia and Sweden. Together we must prevent Russia from creating new types of threats, which is why the next EU sanctions package must target the vessels of Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ that transport oil,” emphasised Edmunds Cepurītis, Chair of the Saeima European Affairs Committee, during the meeting of the chairpersons of the European Union (EU) Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs (COSAC) in Warsaw on Monday, 27 January.

During the debate, the Chair of the Saeima European Affairs Committee also highlighted the following: “We unanimously agree that we are not where we should be in terms of defence funding. However we can get there – through joint EU borrowing or other means –, defence investment should be our political priority”.

MP Cepurītis is on a working visit to Warsaw from 26 to 27 January to participate in the meeting of the chairpersons of COSAC. The meeting is held every six months by a presiding state of the Council of the EU. The items on the most recent meeting agenda centre around the priorities of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU, which concern security in Europe.

Saeima Press Service