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The decision of the Riigikogu "Using the Defense Forces in fulfilling the international obligations of the Estonian state as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's preparatory units"

avaldatud riigiteatajasEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

Introduced

9 October 2023

Last action

8 December 2023 · Accepted

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AVALDATUD_RIIGITEATAJAS

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Kalev Stoicescu, Vabariigi Valitsus

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8 December 2023

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Summary

The bill allows Estonia to prepare up to 76 defense forces within the framework of the NRF in 2024. After the end of the NRF, Estonia wants to contribute to the NATO readiness units, which include both the SNF and the ARF, with up to 76 defense personnel (minehunters, staff officers in the command of special operations and air units, and a special operations target unit). Since the minesweeper would be ready as part of the SNF, but it could also be used in the ARF if necessary, it is necessary from the Riigikogu obtain a joint mandate for SNF and ARF. In connection with the approval of NATO's new force model (NATO Force Model, NFM) at the meeting of NATO defense ministers in February 2022, the NRF and the NATO Readiness Initiative (NATO Readiness Initiative, NRI) will disappear in their current form in the second half of 2024. They will be replaced by NATO's ARF (Allied Reaction Force) with an updated concept, which is ready to conduct military operations both within SACEUR's area of ​​responsibility and outside. The NATO Standing Naval Forces (SNF), which were part of the NRF in the previous NATO force system, will still remain at a high level of readiness even under the new force model. They are not permanently part of the ARF, but Allied contributions to the SNF can also be used in the ARF with the consent of the Allies. From 2024, the participation in the NRI will be stopped, because the previous contribution based on the Scouts battalion to the armored infantry company and the support element is not no longer possible or justified. The manpower of the Scout Battalion is largely used to man a reduced infantry company on Operation Inherent Resolve. In addition, Great Britain and Denmark respectively suspend the participation of their brigade and battalion in the NRI, which included the Estonian company. In connection with the Russian military attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the North Atlantic Council activated the NRF for the defense of the alliance for the first time, and its various units in readiness were transferred to the territory of the allied countries for the purposes of deterrence and protection.

Machine translation from Estonian. The official text remains authoritative.

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  1. 9 October 2023

    AVALDATUD_RIIGITEATAJAS

    Source: OE

  2. 8 December 2023

    Accepted

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