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Friday, 26.04.2024, 07:33
Mikser: Estonia and Sweden have similar perception of security
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Estonian Defence Minister Sven Mikser said at the meeting on Monday with the visiting Swedish Minister of Defence Peter Hultqvist, Õhtuleht online reports.
"Estonia has with Sweden a very similar understanding of security in broader sense and views based on common values of both the European and Baltic Sea security," said Mikser at a press conference.
According to Mikser, next year, one of the most important forms of defence cooperation with Sweden is the Nordic Battle Group, in which Estonia participates with 50 military.
"Estonia supports the principle that the battle groups could also usable in reality," said Mikser. "The European Union should definitely consider the use of the battle groups, if a crisis is triggered, which requires the intervention of the European Union, and which corresponds to the battle group's mandate."
EU battle groups are 15-day response period military units, that the European Union can quickly use in international crisis management. In 2015, Sweden is the presiding state of the Nordic Battlegroup.
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