The National Defence Committee unanimously approved the national defence report

Chairman of the National Defence Committee Kalev Stoicescu said that the members of the Committee and rapporteur Meelis Kiili together with the working group formed by him had done a great job, significantly shortening the text of the report compared to the initial draft, and had presented specific recommendations for the preparation of a fundamental document of Estonia’s security policy. “I would like to thank everyone who participated in this process and contributed to it. I am pleased that, in good cooperation, we have achieved a result that received cross-party support in the National Defence Committee,” he said.

In the main text of the report, the Committee presents its proposals in nine areas: strategic management and accountability, parliamentary oversight and ethical management, the management culture at the Ministry of Defence and risk-based planning, energy security as part of national defence, defence industry policy and research and development, performance-based assessment, moral responsibility and management culture, regional management level and crisis cooperation, and national strategy coordination. The report also includes an annex presenting the working group’s vision for the organisation of Estonia’s national defence.

According to the document, the National Defence Committee’s report is a contribution of the legislative branch to ensuring that the executive branch can rely on a consistent, analytical, and forward-looking input, and that those who implement comprehensive national defence are strategically guided and supported.

The National Defence Committee will publish the report on its web page in the beginning of December at the latest, after the members of the Committee have presented their reasoned opinions to the annex of the document,

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Source: Parliament of Estonia