Margus Tsahkna
Role at the time: Estonian minister of foreign affairs
Denied
Statement summary
Tsahkna disputes that Estonia has received an official U.S. proposal to change its communication. He says the United States values Estonia's expertise on Russia and that Estonia is not provoking Moscow.
“The United States has not made any official proposal to us that we should in any way change our foreign policy or our communication”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Estonia's Russia expertise is respected by the U.S., says foreign ministerTsahkna's interview response, including denial of an official proposal and discussion of NATO ties.
Why we used this label
The reference is the reported Pentagon pressure on Baltic allies. Tsahkna disputes the description of official pressure and of Estonian provocation; the quotation does not establish that all private advice described by Reuters was absent.