November 22, 2002

Press Release

U.S. Ambassador Congratulates Estonian People

U.S. Ambassador to Estonia Joseph DeThomas remarked today (November 22):

"I congratulate the Estonian people and the Estonian government for their great achievement at Prague. The Estonian people and their leadership have reason to be very proud of achieving this historic goal-- an invitation to join NATO-- in a mere eleven years of reindependence. Many individuals, from a variety of political parties, through a series of different governments, played vital roles in securing this success for Estonia, and they all deserve great credit for this accomplishment."

Ambassador DeThomas will travel today to Vilnius to participate in the meeting of the Presidents of the Baltic States with President George W. Bush on Saturday.