NATO Planning Crisis Management Exercise in Tallinn

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From today until Friday the planning conference for the NATO Crisis Management Exercise CMX 2011will take place in Tallinn. The planning conference will prepare the training that will take place in spring of next year, during which NATO will practice political, military and civil organisation and crisis management procedures in order to be able to support NATO consultations and the collective decision-making process in a crisis situation.

Foreign Minister Paet stated that NATO must be capable of responding quickly and adequately to a crisis situation within today’s constantly changing security policy environment. “In order to ensure the alliance’s crisis regulation capability, NATO organises crisis management trainings. The fact that this conference is taking place in Tallinn confirms Estonia’s active membership in NATO,” Paet noted. “One of NATO’s most important tasks in ensuring security in its allied nations is warding off crises that would threaten security. NATO’s principles are confirmed by practical co-operation between alliance members, which includes the planning conference for the crisis management exercise that began in Tallinn today,” Paet said.

The conference, organised by the foreign and defence ministries, will be attended by representatives of NATO member states and civilian and military NATO structures. During the planning conference, the basic aspects of the scenario for CMX 2011 will be worked out and technical and practical issues related to the exercise will be discussed.

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