The support of foreign countries had an important role to play here: first one to acknowledge Estonia was Island (on August 22), also Lithuania and Latvia showed their support soon (August 22 and 23 respectively).
Sealjuures oli oluline tähtsus välisriikide tunnustustel: esimesena tegi seda Island (22. augustil), samuti saadi kiire tunnustus Leedult (22. augustil) ja Lätilt (23. augustil).