Defence Minister Aaviksoo met Finnish colleague
05.12.2010 | Jaak Aaviksoo | English news
Defence Minister Jaak Aaviksoo participated yesterday with his Finnish colleague Jyri Häkämies in a ceremony dedicated for the Estonian veterans who fought in the Finnish Armed Forces. Also the ministers discussed matters regarding defence cooperation between the two countries.
Aaviksoo and Häkämies participated in a ceremony in the National Library of Estonia held in the honour of the "Finnish boys". Total of 3,400 Estonian soldiers fought in the Finnish armed forces during World War II.
At a meeting after the ceremony Aaviksoo and Häkämies discussed matters regarding the new strategic concept of NATO, the defence cooperation between Estonia and Finland and the operation in Afghanistan.
"Estonians and Finns have fought with arms for each other's freedom. The help of Finland has been invaluable in building our present-day defence capability and our defence cooperation sets an example for tightening the Nordic-Baltic cooperation," said Aaviksoo after the meeting.
Source: Ministry of Defence
