Minister: NATO defence plans are not a mirage
27.10.2009 | Jaak Aaviksoo | English news
Estonian Minister of Defence said that NATO has defence plans in Baltics and they're being developed in cooperation, ERR News reports.
"One has to keep in mind that the plans exist in variety of levels and formats," Aaviksoo answered, when asked why did Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite say at the Presidents' meeting on Saturday that NATO doesn't have certain defence plan for the Baltics.
"I think that what Lithuanian President means is of what is said "Poland has, Turkey has, Norway has, but Baltics don't." Those are actually conventional conflict resistance plans from the Cold War time which really need much military planning," Aaviksoo said.
He said that the documents are in different form and have different aims.
"Objective fears need planning to be solved and I'm quite convinced that these plans will be developed within NATO. Everything happens gradually. Less emotions and more actions - we've been on this track so far and we continue in this direction," Aaviksoo said.
Source: www.balticbusinessnews.com
