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Center Party chairman Jüri Ratas has told Tatjana Stolfat, head of the Center group on Narva City Council, that the Soviet tank monument on the bank of the Narva River is not fit for the public space and must be removed in cooperation with the Estonian government.
Authorities in the eastern border town of Narva say they hope to move a controversial World War Two-era tank monument by or on August 20.
In a letter sent to Narva Mayor Katri Raik (SDE) on Thursday, Secretary of State Taimar Peterkop said that the Estonian state is prepared to support the City of Narva in the removal of Soviet monuments on the expectation that they are removed within a week.
Narva Mayor Katri Raik, believes that any potential government decision to move the controversial Narva tank monument without first listening to the Narva City Council, would be seen as disregarding the views of local residents.
The process of exhuming human remains that had been reburied in Pärnu's Old Park during the Soviet occupation of Estonia was completed Tuesday. The Soviet monument that had been located at the site was removed on Monday already.