Overview
- Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna completed a two-day visit to Beijing on 4–5 November, meeting Wang Yi in the first Estonian foreign minister trip to China in a decade.
- He urged China to halt economic backing that benefits Moscow and to join U.S. and European pressure for a ceasefire.
- He challenged alleged Chinese supplies of dual‑use components to Russia’s war effort, a claim Beijing rejects while asserting strict export controls.
- He warned that firms aiding Russia’s defence industry face secondary sanctions and called for tighter cooperation against sanctions evasion.
- He linked progress on an EU–China trade deal and rare earth licensing to China’s approach, and proposed working with Beijing to help return Ukrainian children deported to Russia.