"Our consultations with both Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet in this matter have been intensive and trustful. But I suppose you do agree that it would be strange for a President to start giving advice to the Government through the media.
Yet I wish to make it very clear: I hope that in Estonia, the solution of important foreign policy issues is not sacrificed for short-term partisan interests. Earlier, we have unfortunately seen short-lived partisan interests dictating Estonia's foreign policy decisions, we have also seen that this has not fortified our foreign policy situation - quite to the contrary. I wish that this time we could be saved another experience of that kind."
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