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ESTONIA TO BECOME LEADER OF CAUCASIAN, BALKANS SECURITY PROGRAM
Baltic News Service
December 3, 2012 Monday 9:02 AM EET
TALLINN, Dec 02, BNS - Next year Estonia will become presidency of
the Nordic-Baltic cooperation program in which the Caucasian and
Balkan countries will be helped modernize their state defense.
In the framework of the Nordic-Baltic initiative program reforms of the
security sector of Georgia, Ukraine and of Western Baltic countries
would be supported. The countries will also be helped to consolidate
civilian control over the armed forces and raise readiness to accede
to the European Union and NATO.
Next year Estonia will be responsible for chairmanship of the
practical work of the leading group. Estonia will also administer via
the Nordic-Baltic initiative the South-Caucasus and Moldovan round
table which organizes defense coopertion with respect to Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova.
Defense Minister Urmas Reinsalu said that Estonia wanted to increase
visibility of the Nordic-Baltic countries next year. "The status
of presidency will give to Estonia a good opportunity of making the
cooperation even closer between the Nordic and Baltic countries, and
finding new projects and partners," he said. "We can do much more
in order to share the experience of building up state defense with
countries that are only facing various challenges and reforms. This
way we will help strengthen the stability and security of Europe's
close neighborhood," the minister said.
In 2012 the presidency of the Nordic-Baltic initiative belongs to
Sweden. This year, the biggest project of the Nordic-Baltic initiative
is the Georgian transition program for security officials, a retraining
and post-traumatic stress project in Bosnia and Herzegovina and
support to regional West-Balkan training centeres.
The Nordic-Baltic initiative is part of the Nordic Baltic cooperation
format, the members of which are Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland,
Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia..
Baltic News Service
December 3, 2012 Monday 9:02 AM EET
TALLINN, Dec 02, BNS - Next year Estonia will become presidency of
the Nordic-Baltic cooperation program in which the Caucasian and
Balkan countries will be helped modernize their state defense.
In the framework of the Nordic-Baltic initiative program reforms of the
security sector of Georgia, Ukraine and of Western Baltic countries
would be supported. The countries will also be helped to consolidate
civilian control over the armed forces and raise readiness to accede
to the European Union and NATO.
Next year Estonia will be responsible for chairmanship of the
practical work of the leading group. Estonia will also administer via
the Nordic-Baltic initiative the South-Caucasus and Moldovan round
table which organizes defense coopertion with respect to Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova.
Defense Minister Urmas Reinsalu said that Estonia wanted to increase
visibility of the Nordic-Baltic countries next year. "The status
of presidency will give to Estonia a good opportunity of making the
cooperation even closer between the Nordic and Baltic countries, and
finding new projects and partners," he said. "We can do much more
in order to share the experience of building up state defense with
countries that are only facing various challenges and reforms. This
way we will help strengthen the stability and security of Europe's
close neighborhood," the minister said.
In 2012 the presidency of the Nordic-Baltic initiative belongs to
Sweden. This year, the biggest project of the Nordic-Baltic initiative
is the Georgian transition program for security officials, a retraining
and post-traumatic stress project in Bosnia and Herzegovina and
support to regional West-Balkan training centeres.
The Nordic-Baltic initiative is part of the Nordic Baltic cooperation
format, the members of which are Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland,
Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia..