Estonia’s National Defence Council to discuss defence plan

Estonia’s National Defence Council will hold its first regular meeting on Tuesday to discuss the national defence development plan, ERR reports. A press conference is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. at the Knights’ House, and will be streamed on ERR’s website.

The meeting was called by President Ülle Madise. The council is an advisory body to the president and discusses issues important to national defence, expressing its views on them.

Its members include the speaker of parliament, the prime minister, the chairs of parliament’s National Defence Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee, the foreign, defence, finance, interior, justice and economic affairs and infrastructure ministers, and the commander of the Defence Forces.