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30.12.2009	Afghan and Palestinian Diplomats to Receive Supplementary Training in Estonia Next year the Foreign Ministry will support the training of 10 Afghan and 15 Palestinian diplomats in a two-week programme at the Estonian School of Diplomacy. Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said that the goal ...
18.12.2009	Estonian and Turkish Foreign Ministers: Tallinn-Istanbul Airline Will Help to Intensify Relations Between Estonia and Turkey At Foreign Minister Urmas Paet’s meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoðlu in Ankara, the latter stated that Turkey is very interested in further intensifying ties with Estonia and that in the ...
15.12.2009	Joint condolences by the Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence Early this morning, a non-commissioned officer of the Estonian Army, Junior Sergeant Kristjan Jalakas, died in Afghanistan. We accepted this message with deep sadness and would like to express our sincerest condolences ...
04.12.2009	FM Paet: NATO Foreign Ministers Encouraged Ukraine and Georgia to Continue Making Reforms Towards NATO Foreign Minister Urmas Paet is participating in a meeting of the NATO foreign ministers in Brussels today, 3 December, where meetings of the NATO-Ukraine and NATO-Georgia commissions also took place. ...
04.12.2009	Estonia Supports Giving of NATO Membership Action Plan to Montenegro and Action Plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina Soon According to Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, the decision made by the NATO foreign ministers today to give a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) to Montenegro and the confirmation that a MAP will soon be ...
04.12.2009	Foreign Minister Paet: Estonia Diversifying its Military Contribution and Increasing Civil Activity in Afghanistan The foreign ministers of NATO and the countries contributing to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) meeting in Brussels supported the USA’s decision to strengthen the international forces ...
04.12.2009	Paet: NATO-Russia Relations Depend on Existence of Trust and Fulfilment of Obligations At the meeting of the NATO and Russian foreign ministers in Brussels, the ministers decided that the priority areas of NATO-Russia practical co-operation are Afghanistan, fighting the narcotics trade, the ...
03.12.2009	Estonia Welcomes USA’s New Afghanistan Strategy Foreign Minister Urmas Paet expressed support for President of the United States Barack Obama’s new Afghanistan strategy, which emphasises the importance of focusing on the civil sector in addition to increasing ...
17.11.2009	Defence Minister Aaviksoo Attended Meeting of NATO-Ukraine Commission
17.11.2009	Paet: European Union Expects Afghan President Karzai to Fulfil Campaign Promises On Monday, 16 November, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet participated in the meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, where they discussed developments in Afghanistan. At a joint meeting of ...
04.11.2009	Aaviksoo Met With US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates
03.11.2009	Governor of Afghanistan’s Helmand Province Sent Letter of Thanks to Estonia for Support of Bost Hospital Foreign Minister Urmas Paet met today with the health care advisor for the governor of Afghanistan’s Helmand Province Dr. Hedayatullah and the head doctor of the Province’s central hospital Dr. Inayattulah. ...
30.10.2009	Aaviksoo Met With Influential Members of US Congress
23.10.2009	Foreign Minister Paet in Riga: We Must Use Crises and Come Out Stronger At the foreign and security policy conference that took place in Riga today, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet emphasised that the strategic position of Northern European nations in the world is better now ...
23.10.2009	NATO Ministers of Defence Reached Consensus Regarding NRF and Missile Defence
16.10.2009	Paet Discussed Further NATO Enlargement With US Assistant Secretary of State Foreign Minister Urmas Paet spoke with Assistant Secretary of State of the United States for European and Eurasian Affairs Phil Gordon about future NATO enlargement.   Foreign Minister Paet stated ...
12.10.2009	Foreign Ministry Secretary General Opened NATO Military Committee Terminology Conference Foreign Ministry Secretary General Marten Kokk opened the NATO Military Committee Terminology Fall Conference being held in Tallinn on Monday, 12 October.   While opening the conference, Secretary ...
12.10.2009	Estonia Wishes to Actively Participate in Updating of NATO Strategic Concept Foreign Minister Urmas Paet discussed preparations for the new NATO strategic concept with Aivis Ronis, a member of the expert group preparing the concept, on Monday, 12 October.   Foreign Minister ...
08.10.2009	Paet and Rasmussen: NATO’s Primary Responsibility Continues to Be Collective Defence During their meeting at the Foreign Ministry today, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen emphasised that the primary foundation of NATO’s activities will continue ...
05.10.2009	Estonia Helps Afghanistan’s Parliament Work More Effectively With the support of the Foreign Ministry, Estonia will begin holding consultations with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan geared towards making the work of Afghanistan’s Parliament more effective. The ...
25.09.2009	Paet: Baltic Countries Anticipate Further NATO Enlargement When he met in New York with Undersecretary of State of the United States of America William Burns, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stressed that the further enlargement of NATO and co-operation with countries ...
18.09.2009	Clinton and Paet Emphasise Importance of NATO Principle of Collective Defence Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, meeting with Secretary of State of the United States Hillary Clinton on 17 September in Washington, stated that Estonia would be ready to finishing developing the Estonia-USA joint ...
17.09.2009	Foreign Minister Paet Met with Leader of Working Group for New Strategy Albright During his meeting in Washington with former US secretary of state and leader of the working group for NATO’s new strategic concept Madeleine Albright, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet emphasised that Estonia completely ...
17.09.2009	Paet: Europe's Security Infrastructure Should Be Determined Within the Framework of NATO During his meeting today, 17 September, with National Security Advisor of the Unites States James Jones, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said that decisions to improve Europe's security infrastructure should be ...
15.09.2009	Foreign Minister Paet Met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen Foreign Minister Urmas Paet met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the headquarters of the NATO alliance in Brussels on Tuesday, 15 September. At the meeting, Foreign Minister ...
15.09.2009	Terras: Baltic Air Policing Training Events Increasing in Scale
14.09.2009	Estonia Helps to Create Supplementary Training System for Afghan Doctors The Foreign Ministry is supporting MTÜ Mondo in creating a supplementary training system for doctors in Helmand Province. Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that developing the health care sector ...
05.09.2009	Estonia Helps Women in Afghanistan Start First Aid Training In co-operation with MTÜ Mondo, the Foreign Ministry is helping to launch first aid training for adults in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that Estonia’s support ...
01.09.2009	Terras and Wolf: collective defence will remain the main task of NATO in the future as well
23.08.2009	Joint statement by the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defence and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, concerning the death of two members of the Estonian Defence Forces in Afghanistan
22.08.2009	Paet Discussed Iceland’s Accession to EU and Afghanistan Elections with Baltic and Nordic Colleagues While talking about the accession of Iceland into the European Union during the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Nordic and Baltic countries (NB8 – Nordic-Baltic 8) in Reykjavik, Foreign Minister ...
21.08.2009	Paet: Honest Elections Positive Step Towards Stability in Afghanistan Foreign Minister Urmas Paet congratulated the people of Afghanistan on the presidential and provincial council elections that were carried out by the state authorities on 20 August. The last elections ...
14.08.2009	200 Estonian service members to participate on foreign missions in 2010
14.08.2009	The Minister of Defence thanked service members returning from Kosovo
13.08.2009	Foreign Minister Paet: US is Important Ally for Estonia Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and US Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip H. Gordon discussed Estonia-US co-operation, the future of NATO, and other current international topics ...
07.08.2009	NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting to Take Place in Estonia in Spring In spring of next year, 2010, Estonia will host the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Tallinn. The meeting, which takes place every spring, will be on 22-23 April. Foreign Minister Paet emphasised ...
04.08.2009	Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania’s common candidate accepted into the NATO Group of Wise Men Foreign Minister Urmas Paet expressed satisfaction over the acceptance of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania’s common candidate into the NATO Group of Wise Men. “The compiling of a new strategic concept for NATO ...
03.08.2009	Estonia Helps to Heal the Sick in Afghanistan The oxygen delivery system of the central hospital of Helmand Province in Afghanistan, which Estonia helped the hospital procure, began functioning this week. Bost Hospital is the best and biggest hospital ...
27.07.2009	Construction of New Building for Afghan Centre at Kabul University Began On Saturday, 25 July, Estonian Charge d’Affaires in Afghanistan Daniel Erik Schaer participated in the laying of the cornerstone for the new building that is to house the Afghan Centre at Kabul University (ACKU). ...
09.07.2009	Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs thanked the resigning NATO Secretary General for exemplary work
08.07.2009	Aaviksoo: the words of Estonians match their deeds in Afghanistan
07.07.2009	Estonian Afganistan Strategy Estonian Afganistan Strategy
03.07.2009	Estonia Named Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan The Estonian Foreign Ministry named Ambassador Harri Tiido as special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday, July 3.   According to Foreign Minister Urmas Paet several states ...
19.06.2009	EU Considers Organisation of Honest and Secure Elections Essential for Stability of Afghanistan Foreign Minister Urmas Paet participated in a session of the European Council on Thursday, 18 June, during which developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan and matters related to European security policy ...
17.06.2009	NATO has green-lighted all of the projects of the Ämari Air Base
15.06.2009	Joint Statement of the Prime Minister, Defence Minister and Foreign Minister on the loss of an Estonian soldier in Afghanistan
15.06.2009	A book of condolences was opened in the Ministry of Defence
15.06.2009	NATO Defence Ministers approved the new NRF model
12.06.2009	RC(S) Ministers stressed the need for the development of civilian structures
11.06.2009	Estonia to double the number of soldiers in Afghanistan
07.05.2009	Government supported doubling the Estonian troops in Afghanistan for safeguarding the elections
03.05.2009	Iraqi Diplomats to Begin Studies in Estonia Monday A 10-member group of Iraqi diplomats is arriving in Estonia today so that they may begin their 3-week course at the Estonian School of Diplomacy on Monday, 4 May. This is a part of Estonia’s contribution ...
01.05.2009	Foreign Minister Paet Offers Condolences to Latvian Colleague Today, 1 May, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet expressed his condolences in a phone call to his Latvian colleague Māris Riekstiņš over the deaths of two Latvian soldiers in Afghanistan. “I offer ...
30.04.2009	Aaviksoo invited Croatia to join the NATO Cyber Defence Centre
29.04.2009	Members of the Georgian Defence Forces received treatment at the Seli Health Centre
28.04.2009	Draft resolution will send an additional Estonian unit to Afghanistan
22.04.2009	The Estonian Ministry of Defence orgainsed a seminar in Afghanistan
20.04.2009	Prime Minister Ansip: the goal of raising defence expenditures to two per cent of GDP is still in effect
14.04.2009	US Congressional Delegation visits Stenbock House
08.04.2009	Minister Aaviksoo discussed the future of air policing with his Latvian colleague
06.04.2009	NATO air-policing training event to take place in Baltic States airspace
05.04.2009	Estonia is ready to increase its contribution in Afghanistan
04.04.2009	Paet: NATO Enlargement in Balkans Increases Security of Whole Europe Foreign Minister Urmas Paet participated in the meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Baden-Baden on Friday, 3 April, which took place within the framework of the NATO anniversary summit. The foreign ministers ...
31.03.2009	Afghan President Hamid Karzai Recognised Estonia’s Contribution to Afghanistan’s Reconstruction Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, ...
31.03.2009	Paet: Afghanistan Must Have More Opportunities to Lead Its Own Development In his speech at the Afghanistan conference in The Hague, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet emphasised that Afghanistan and the international community must clearly define the goals to be met on both the governmental ...
30.03.2009	Foreign Ministry to Begin Updating Foundations of Estonian Security Policy Today, 30 March, the government security commission confirmed the schedule for updating Estonia’s security policy. Foreign Minister Urmas Paet noted that a wider understanding of the meaning of EU and ...
30.03.2009	Foreign Minister Urmas Paet Participating in Afghanistan Conference in The Hague Foreign Minister Urmas Paet will participate in the Afghanistan conference taking place in The Hague on Tuesday, 31 March. The goal of the conference, which will include representatives from 80 countries, ...
29.03.2009	Today is the five-year anniversary of Estonia’s accession to NATO
24.03.2009	Western Balkan Nations Successfully Growing Closer to NATO At the meeting of the foreign ministers of the USA-Adriatic Charter and Baltic Charter nations—Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro—in Riga on ...
13.03.2009	Estonia to Increase its Contribution to EU Police Mission in Afghanistan During his meeting with Head of the EU Police Mission EUPOL Afghanistan Kai Vittrup in Kabul, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that Estonia will soon be contributing a rule of law expert to the mission ...
12.03.2009	Foreign Minister Paet Confirmed Estonian Support for Afghanistan’s Reconstruction to Afghan Colleague At his meetings with Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Rangeen Dadfar Spanta and Parliament Speaker Mohammed Yunus Qanon on 12 March in Kabul, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet confirmed that Estonia plans to ...
11.03.2009	Estonia Supports Realisation of Presidential Election in Afghanistan Foreign Minister Urmas Paet met with the leader of the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan and representatives of the UN Development Programme ELECT Project on Wednesday, 11 March in Kabul, ...
11.03.2009	Estonian Health Care Aid in Southern Afghanistan Lowers Death Rate Deputy Governor of Helmand Province Abdul Satar Miszakwali and the chief doctor of Lashkar Gah’s Bost Hospital Dr. Enaytullah Ghafary confirmed in their meeting with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet ...
10.03.2009	Paet and Messenger: Estonian Defence Forces Members in Afghanistan are Highly Valued Foreign Minister Urmas Paet’s visit to Afghanistan continued on Tuesday, 10 March. Paet visited the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Laskar Gah´, the capital of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan, ...
09.03.2009	Paet: Pakistan Has Key Role in Improving Situation in Afghanistan While meeting with NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan Ambassador Fernando Gentilini in Kabul on 9 March, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet discussed the security situation in Afghanistan and ...
08.03.2009	Foreign Minister Urmas Paet Begins Visit to Afghanistan Foreign Minister Urmas Paet is on a visit in Afghanistan from 9-12 March. He has meetings scheduled with Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Rangeen Dadfar Spanta, Parliament Speaker Mohammed Yunus Oanon, ...
05.03.2009	Paet: NATO Foreign Ministers Focus on Situation in Afghanistan and Relations with Russia Foreign Minister Urmas Paet took part in a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels on Thursday, 5 March. The foreign ministers discussed matters related to the operations of the alliance, focusing ...
05.03.2009	NATO Foreign Ministers Confirmed Support for Ukraine and Georgia At today’s sessions of the NATO-Ukraine and NATO-Georgia Commission, the NATO foreign ministers exchanged ideas on NATO’s relations with Georgia and Ukraine. Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that the ...
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