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03.04.2020|Ministry of Defence
Estonia to contribute troops to EU´s new IRINI mission
Thursday, Estonian Government approved participation of the Estonian Defence Forces in EUNAVFOR MED/IRINI, the European Union’s latest military operation, which started this week and serves as the continuation of the now concluded Mediterranean mission SOPHIA.
‘Although this is a European Union...
30.03.2020|Ministry of Defence
Additional Special Forces to be deployed to Mali under French command
Last Friday, representatives from the ministries of defence of Estonia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Portugal and France announced, in a conference call led by French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly, their readiness to send Special Forces units to Mali this summer.
Sweden and...
25.03.2020|Ministry of Defence
Minister of Defence Luik participates in memorial service commemorating Soviet Deportations
Wednesday, Minister of Defence Jüri Luik participated in the memorial ceremony at the Maarjamäe Memorial, in commemoration of the March Soviet Deportations, and laid a wreath at the Monument of the Estonian Officers.
Minister of Defence Luik noted that we must also remember the most painful...
11.03.2020|Ministry of Defence
Defence Minister Luik meets Estonian contingent in Mali
This week, Minister of Defence Jüri Luik met the Estonian contingent serving as part of the French-led military operation Barkhane in Gao, Mali to learn about their service and to thank them for ensuring the security of the region.
‘We must realise that cooperation between Allies can be efficient...
10.03.2020|Ministry of Defence
Luik discussed the situation in North Africa with the President of Mali and the leaders of military missions
Minister of Defence Jüri Luik met yesterday, in Bamako, with the President of the Republic of Mali, Ibrahim Boubakar Keita, and the leadership of the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA, European Union Training Mission EUTM Mali, and the French-led operation Barkhane, in order to discuss the security...
06.03.2020|Ministry of Defence
Luik: The European Union must support military mobility
The European Union must support the development of military mobility, thereby enhancing the capabilities of both European countries and strategic partners to quickly and seamlessly deploy their forces.
‘This spring, the United States will be organising the large-scale exercise Defender 2020,...
05.03.2020|Ministry of Defence
Permanent Secretary Kristjan Prikk presented service medals to allied soldiers from the United Kingdom
At the medal ceremony, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Kristjan Prikk thanked the allied soldiers from the British contingent serving in Estonia, who arrived at Tapa last fall within the framework of Exercise Tractable.
Permanent Secretary Prikk thanked the soldiers for their...
04.03.2020|Ministry of Defence
Jüri Luik met with United States Secretary of Defence Mark Esper
Jüri Luik met yesterday, in Washington, D.C. with United States Secretary of Defence Mark Esper. The Ministers discussed the security of the Baltic region, the US-led training exercise Defender-Europe 2020, set to take place this spring, the importance of Headquarters Multinational Division North,...
04.03.2020|Ministry of Defence
Estonia and Finland intensifying defence cooperation in the fields of capability development and procurements
Permanent Under Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Kristjan Prikk met in Tallinn and at Ämari with Jukka Juusti, his Finnish counterpart, to discuss the deepening of defence cooperation between the two countries in the fields of procurement and training, as well improving the general exchanging...
03.03.2020|Ministry of Defence
Minister of Defence Luik to visit the United States
Today, Minister of Defence Jüri Luik will be meeting with United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Meetings were held yesterday with the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, and the Minister spoke at a Russia-themed discussion at the Brookings Institution think tank....