{"id":47059,"date":"2022-04-12T02:30:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T23:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/pressiteated\/the-riigikogu-will-discuss-the-situation-in-helping-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T02:30:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T23:30:10","slug":"the-riigikogu-will-discuss-the-situation-in-helping-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/pressiteated\/the-riigikogu-will-discuss-the-situation-in-helping-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Riigikogu will discuss the situation in helping Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the State Budget Control Select Committee <strong>Urmas Reinsalu<\/strong>, Minister of Foreign Affairs <strong>Eva-Maria Liimets<\/strong> and CEO of NGO&nbsp;Slava Ukraini <strong>Johanna-Maria Lehtme<\/strong> will deliver reports.<\/p>\n<p>In Reinsalu\u2019s opinion, it is of critical importance that countries would not grow tired of helping Ukraine. 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