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Meeting of the National Defence Council took place in Kadriorg

15.06.2010

One of the matters discussed involved bringing national defence expenditure up to 2% of GDP by 2012; all the members of the National Defence Council supported the idea. A meeting of the National Defence Council took place yesterday at the invitation of the President, Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves: several issues related to national defence and its organisational aspects were discussed at the meeting.

One of the matters discussed involved bringing national defence expenditure up to 2% of GDP by 2012; all the members of the National Defence Council supported the idea.

“I would like to acknowledge the Riigikogu and the Government, who have not allowed the rate of defence expenditure to GDP to drop considerably, even under the tough budget conditions; consequently, Estonia has maintained a strong national defence,” said President Ilves. “The plan of the current government – to bring the level of defence-related expenditure up to the long-expected and long-promised rate of 2% of GDP – shows that we are not just keeping national defence on a solid level, but we can also modernise and develop it to a further level.”

The National Defence Council is an advisory body of the President of the Republic. The Council membership includes the President of the Riigikogu, Prime Minister, Chairman of the National Defence Committee of the Riigikogu, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu, Foreign Minister, Defence Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Justice, and Commander of the Defence Forces.


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