Latvian PM explains her vision of sending European troops to Ukraine

Evika Siliņalatvian Prime Minister

Today we are going to talk about our proposal for joint negotiations,

Siliņa said

We have ready-made scenarios, but we have to agree on this big framework,

she said

We need to talk about whether this is being done and what the legal framework will be because so far we have all seen it as a joint NATO mission,

she said

Mélanie Jolyforeign Affairs Minister

We want to be part of these conversations regarding security guarantees,

Joly told a virtual news conference from Brussels this morning

Mélanie Jolyforeign Affairs Minister

We can't let Russia go unchecked,

Joly said, arguing

It was necessary for me to be in Europe to tell them exactly what's going on, to make sure that we would co-ordinate on any form of response to tariffs and that we would be together, defending our national security and sovereignty,

she said

Based on my conversations with many European colleagues, many of them are not necessarily completely aware of what is going on, first in the U.S. and secondly in Canada. Every country in the world is looking at its own reality,

she said

I said it's not funny. And this is a question of respect of our country, respect of our leaders, and respect of our people. And I always answer the same thing, which is (that) we will be the best neighbour, the best allies -- but we will never be a state and we'll never be a colony,

she said