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U.S. Mission To Italy The conference focused on three major topics, said Sven Mikser, minister of defense of Estonia: fighting terrorism; building integrated, balanced and modernized military forces; and cooperating in security cooperation in the Nordic and Baltic area. Minister of Defense of Estonia Sven Mikser: Thank you, yes indeed this is the fifth conference, the fifth meeting of this forum -- the Nordic countries, the Baltic countries and the United States on level of minister of defense and indeed it has developed into a very good and very efficient forum. Sven Mikser: Well indeed, in the terms of traditional security risks and traditional military risks, we do not foresee an attack by any hostile nation. www.usembassy.it /viewer/article.asp?article=/file2002_06/alia/A2060704.htm&plaintext=1   (3543 words)

Eesti Vabariigi Kaitseministeerium - Minister - Kaitseministri kõned - Arhiiv - 2002-04-17 Jane`s Defence Weekly ... Following a meeting with the North Atlantic Council in Brussels on 8 April, Sven  Mikser, Estonia's new minister of defence, I confirms that his country is making progress with the NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP). Mikser says that the new coalition government will adhere to commitments inherited from the previous administration. Mikser says: "We are almost through the ratification process of the UN conventions on terrorism. www.mod.gov.ee /?op=body&id=131   (974 words)

Topica Email List Directory Sven Mikser belongs to that younger generation of Estonians, born in the early to mid-1970s, for whom learning Finnish was not something to be taken for granted. Mikser's English language and literature studies bore fruit in the sense that at the end of the 1990s he was offered the chance to go to Oxford for post-graduate work. Sven Mikser was appointed Minister of Defence for just over a year (the next regular general elections are scheduled for March 2003), during which time the intention is for Estonia to sign its most important defence policy agreements. lists.topica.com /lists/nato1/read/message.html?mid=904741323&sort=d&start=285   (11436 words)

NATO :: Estonian Defence Digest :: Estonian Defence Digest: April 01 - 15, 2002 Prime Minister Kallas, Defence Minister Sven Mikser and Defence Forces Chief of Defence Vice-Admiral Tarmo Kõuts attended the questions-and-answers session in the North Atlantic Council in Brussels, where they met with the representatives of the 19 NATO member states in the alliance headquarters on April 8. Defence Minister Mikser said that there were no surprises at the Estonian delegation's meeting with the representatives of the NATO member states. Mikser said that Estonia's good position for NATO membership was based on domestic political stability. www.vm.ee /eng/nato/kat_352/3150.html   (685 words)

MPs leave Center Party en masse Both Kreitzberg and Mikser were deputy chairmen until the Center Party's congress last summer, where the party leadership largely decided not to support EU accession. Among other demands put on the table by Mikser and Kreitzberg were a reorganization of the party's weekly newspaper, Kesknadal, and a public discussion of the infamous agreement signed between Savisaar and the pro-Kremlin United Russia party during the former's recent trip to Moscow. Speaking during the open microphone session in Parliament on May 11, Mikser said that those who left the party had thought of leaving Parliament as well, though in the end they decided against it. www.baltictimes.com /news/articles/10034   (941 words)

JRL #6139 - Convicts, No Concessions, Bankers, Farmland Sales, Oil&OPEC, Piontkovsky, Goyal/ Putin's Perestroika, ... Defense Ministers Girts Valdis Kristovskis of Latvia, Linas Linkevicius of Lithuania, and Sven Mikser of Estonia tried to prove to their U.S. hosts this week that their countries are doing just that. Mikser says Estonia is focusing on air surveillance and naval mine countermeasures. Mikser says: "Since 1994, we have actually participated with approximately 900 Estonian troops in operations in Kosovo, in Bosnia, and elsewhere. www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/6139.htm   (9648 words)

Estonian Defense Minister sven mikser to take part in the Brussels meeting of defense ministers - Pravda.Ru Estonian Defense Minister sven mikser to take part in the Brussels meeting of defense ministers - Pravda.Ru 20 September 2006 Estonian Defense Minister sven mikser to take part in the Brussels meeting of defense ministers Estonian Defense Minister Sven Mikser has headed for Brussels to take part in the Tuesday meeting of the defense ministers of the European Union countries and of Iceland and Norway, which are striving to enter the EU. english.pravda.ru /cis/2002/05/13/28587.html   (406 words)

Estonian Review No 6 - Global Affairs Forum, Politics, Law, Science, Health Feb 11 - Estonian Minister of Defence Sven Mikser does not rule out the country's participation in missions after a possible war in Iraq, but said it was ruled out that Estonia could directly take part in military action. The defence minister added that at the moment it was still early to speak about Estonia's participation in any post-war missions, considering that it was not yet certain the war would occur at all. Mikser said that, so far, allies had only asked for Estonia's agreement for the passage of military aircraft through Estonian air space. www.globalaffairs.org /forum/showthread.php?t=9178   (3469 words)

NATO :: Estonian Defence Digest :: Estonian Defence Digest: December 1 – 15, 2002 The Estonian Parliament passed a decision permitting the despatch of a company-sized unit to the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) next February. Estonia will continue to reform and modernise its Defence Forces in order to be a reliable and capable ally to NATO, Estonian Minister of Defence Sven Mikser told visiting General Peter Pace, vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. The defence planning working group, consisting of foreign advisers, experts from the Ministry of Defence, General Staff and the Ministry of Interior Affairs, presented Minister of Defence Sven Mikser with the Estonian Defence Planning Manual. www.vm.ee /eng/nato/kat_352/3244.html   (682 words)

Baltic Eagle 2002 Many curious distinguished guests from Estonia, representatives of the local authorities and of cause other participating countries followed the Estonian Defence minister Sven Mikser when he visited the Exercise. Among the visitors you could find the Estonian Defence Minister Sven Mikser and also the Estonian Chief of Defence Vice Admiral Tarmo Kouts, the Latvian Chief of Defence Colonel Raimonds Grabe and Chief of the Lithuanian General Staff Colonel Antanas Jurgaitis. Here a small part of the visitors are listening to a briefing in the press room before they went out looking at the soldiers in the field. www.mil.ee /be02/index_eng.php   (394 words)

Estonia and Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) The Estonian military attaché accredited to Canada is Vello Loemaa, who resides in Washington. May 2002 - Minister of Defence Sven Mikser. The objective of the visit was to develop defence co-operation as well as make preparations for the invitation to join NATO at the summit meeting in Prague in November 2002 www.estemb.ca /lang_4/rub_1134   (457 words)

RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Estonian and Greek Defense Ministers Sven Mikser and Yannos Papantoniou signed a defense-cooperation agreement in Brussels on 14 May, BNS reported. The ministers were attending a meeting of defense ministers of European Union member states, candidate states, and non-EU NATO states to discuss plans to create a new EU defense structure -- a rapid-reaction force. Mikser asked Greece to provide one lecturer for the Baltic Defense College project and invited Papantoniou to visit Estonia. www.rferl.org /newsline/2002/05/3-CEE/cee-150502.asp   (2206 words)

Estonia and Greece : Bilateral Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) The Heads of State, Heads of Government and Foreign Ministers of Estonia and Greece have also met in the framework of a number of important international conferences (Greece held the EU Presidency from January-June 2003). In May 2002, the Ministers of Defence, Sven Mikser and Yiannos Papantoniou, met in Brussels during the 15+15 conference of NATO member countries and candidate countries. The Estonian-Greek parliamentary group was created in June 2003 and its Chairman is Nelli Privalova. www.estemb.gr /lang_4/rub_1735/rub2_1755   (219 words)

BONJOUR L'ESTONIE: Estonia and Afghanistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Parliamentarian Sven Mikser met with Afghani president Hamid Karzai last week to discuss security issues in Afghanistan. He added that, although Afghanistan’s security and economy are changing for the better, international support will be needed for a long time. Mikser, who represents Estonia at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, was part of an international delegation that visited the country from May 17 to 20. shaan.typepad.com /shaanou/2006/05/estonia_and_afg.html   (408 words)

LSN - Landmine Survivors Network What should make us think is that Poland, which has been in NATO for five years, has not done it either," Velliste said. The chairman of the parliamentary national defense committee, Centrist MP Sven Mikser, said speculations that Estonia could be faced with an all-out enemy attack involving a large number of infantry was far from reality and an adequate perception of reality. Also, with Estonia having no landmines at this point it wouldn't be able to obtain them either, because it has joined the convention banning conventional weapons that cause excessive damage, Mikser said. www.landminesurvivors.org /news_article.php?id=274   (257 words)

NATO In The Baltic; Baltic Troops Deployed To Afghanistan [WWW.STOPNATO. The first day he spoke on Estonia's view on recent developments in the European Union and NATO at a roundtable discussion chaired by General Sir Harry Johnson at the Royal United Services Institute of Defence Studies. Mikser also met with Bruce George, the chairman of the House of Commons Defence Committee. On 10 September he discussed with British Defense Secretary Geoffrey Hoon NATO enlargement, bilateral Estonian-British defense cooperation, Baltic cooperation projects, the international fight against terrorism and the world security situation. www.mail-archive.com /antinato@topica.com/msg07722.html   (579 words)

[ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ] Defense Minister Sven Mikser rejected claims in the newspaper "Eesti Paevaleht" of 25 April that the volunteer Defense League will be abolished as part of the reorganization of the defense forces in preparation for NATO membership, ETA reported. He told a press conference that, while the share of funding of the Defense League in the overall defense budget will not be increased, it will continue to perform certain clearly defined missions such as mobilization, local defense, and participation in territorial units of the defense forces. Enn Tarto, the chairman of the Defense League elders' assembly, said that Mikser has been ambiguous when discussing the Defense League and has not met with the elders' assembly to explain his views. www.rferl.org /newsline/2002/04/3-CEE/cee-260402.asp?po=y   (2319 words)

InternationalReports.net : Estonia 2003 The country not only played a huge role in the final collapse of the Soviet Union, but it has gone out of its way to participate in multilateral peace keeping operations in places such as Kosovo, Bosnia, Croatia and Afghanistan. “It is very natural that Estonia should belong to NATO,” said Sven Mikser, the Estonian Minister of Defense. At the political level Defense Minister Mikser, who maintains a copy of the American Declaration of Independence on his wall, has been impressed with the quality of his meetings with American officials. www.internationalreports.net /europe/estonia/2003/forestonia.html   (828 words)

Eesti Vabariigi Kaitseministeerium - Minister - Kaitseministri kõned - Arhiiv - 2002-03-13 Kaitseminister Sven Mikseri ... Eesti Vabariigi Kaitseministeerium - Minister - Kaitseministri kõned - Arhiiv - 2002-03-13 Kaitseminister Sven Mikseri kõne Balti-Ameerika Ühiskomitee (JBANC) konverentsil Washingtonis Kaitseminister Sven Mikseri kõne Balti-Ameerika Ühiskomitee (JBANC) konverentsil Washingtonis 13.03.2002a. We believe that we are ready, and we believe that NATO is ready to make it a truly historic year for not only a group of European countries but for the global security in the century that has just begun. www.mod.gov.ee /?op=body&id=92&prn=1   (1710 words)

Estonia and UK Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) An Estonian parliament group is active in the British parliament, the Chairman of which is the member of the House of Commons Gordon Marsden. The Chairman of the British parliament group in the Estonian Riigikogu is Sven Mikser. Many Estonian and British political parties also have close ties. www.estonia.gov.uk /lang_4/rub_500   (737 words)

Sealift -- Europe News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Anchored off the coast of Estonia's capital, Tallinn, the first aboard was former Estonian defense minister Juri Luik. Later that same day, current defense minister Sven Mikser visited the ship. Scott Gover, USN, MSPRON One chief of staff officer, called on Capt. Kestutis Macijauskas, CNO of the Lithuanian Navy, during a Aug. 9 port visit to Klaipeda, Lithuania. www.msc.navy.mil /sealift/2002/September/eurnews.htm   (494 words)

Foreign Policy Association: Central and Eastern Europe|CE Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) On 11 August, Sven Mikser, a former deputy party leader and defense minister, wrote in the daily Eesti Paevaleht that the conference had put the party into a schizophrenic position by essentially condemning the party leadership for working toward EU accession while in government in 2002 and early 2003. Savisaar and several other party members in ministerial posts participated in negotiations with Brussels and approved accession terms at the EU's Copenhagen summit at the end of last year. Party members dealt their leader a major setback, Mikser argued. www.fpa.org /newsletter_info2581/newsletter_info_sub_list.htm?section=Estonia   (887 words)

Rumsfeld refuses to comment -DAWN - International; June 9, 2002 Armitage has said he felt “very good” after talks with Indian officials, but the risk of war remained. Fighting terrorism was the key issue discussed at the meeting of the Nordic and Baltic defence ministers, Sven Mikser, Estonia’s defence minister, said. They also discussed improving military capabilities and security cooperation in the region. www.dawn.com /2002/06/09/int7.htm   (256 words)

Topica Email List Directory Sven Mikser of Estonia, Girts Valdis Kristovskis of Latvia, and Linas Linkevicius of Lithuania, meet with lawmakers and participate in a forum Defence Minister Sven Mikser discussed NATO enlargement and military lists.topica.com /lists/nato1/read/message.html?sort=d&mid=903792671&start=198   (2568 words)

George C. Marshall Europäisches Zentrum für Sicherheitsstudien   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Estonian Marshall Center alumni taking part in the Dual Enlargement Conference included the MOD’s Ms. Sven Mikser (SES 2003-6, center) and Prime Ministerial advisor Mr. Rose gives an interview for Estonian television during the first day of the conference. www.marshallcenter.org /site-graphic/lang-de/page-alumni-photo-gallery/xdocs/alum/photo-gallery/04-02-01-gallery-estonia.htm   (382 words)

[No title] Danish proposal envisaged the training being carried out in Iraq, but outside Baghdad. Both Marko Mihkelson, Chairman of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sven Mikser, Chairman of Parliament’s Defence Committee, agreed that by following that plan Estonia could avoid further Baghdad casualties but would carry out the mission in Iraq (Sildam 2004). However, for some military such a move seemed like a retreat and betrayal of the originally agreed alliance obligations. www.edk.edu.ee /?object_id=6&id=18&site_id=1   (3687 words)

The President of the Republic of Estonia: The National Defence Council assessed our readiness to join NATO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) The National Defence Council assessed our readiness to join NATO Chaired by the President of the Republic, the National Defence Council today at Kadriorg heared a report by Defence Minister Sven Mikser and Commander of the Defence Forces Vice Admiral Tarmo Kõuts on the readiness of Estonia's National Defence System to join NATO. The National Defence Council acknowledged the efforts of the Estonian Defence Forces made to conform to the standards of NATO members' armed forces. www.president.ee /en/duties/press_releases.php?gid=22298   (264 words)

Disarmament Documentation: 'Operation Iraqi Freedom': A Compilation of Statements & Reaction to the Beginning ... This morning, the Estonian Government met for an extraordinary session to exchange information about the war in Iraq, that had started early in the morning. Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland, Defence Minister Sven Mikser, and Interior Minister Toomas Varek gave the Government an overview of the situation in connection with the war. The Government approved the following position concerning the war in Iraq: www.acronym.org.uk /docs/0303/doc23.htm   (13891 words)

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