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Latvia, Estonia hold environmental cleanup exercise in Baltic Sea

BC, Riga, 27.06.2018.Print version

Latvia and Estonia on Tuesday launched the environmental cleanup exercise LAT-EST Oilex 2018 in Irbe Strait in the Baltic Sea, the Latvian Ministry of Defense informed LETA.


The objective of the dills is to train Latvian and Estonian services to organize cleanup operations in the wake of major pollution and to train the crews of the military vessels involved in the exercise.


Participating in the LAT-EST Oilex 2018 exercise are three vessels of the Latvian Naval Forces' squadron of patrol boats, the Latvian Coast Guard Service and the Estonian Interior Ministry's multifunctional vessel Kindral Kurvits.


"Major pollution in sea can affect all countries in the Baltic Sea region, so effective cooperation and joint efforts in dealing with such disasters 





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