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Ahead of the #LennartMeriConference, which kicks off now, 🇪🇪 DefMin Hanno Pevkur met with Radmila Shekerinska and Matt Whitaker 🇺🇸 U.S. Ambassador to NATO. The key topics in both meetings were strengthening defence capabilities and defence spending - Estonia supports raising spending to 5%.

Over 60% of Russian oil transport goes through the Baltic Sea. Russia has 500 shadow fleet vessels in play. If we control the shadow fleet, we have a huge impact. #LennartMeriConference ICDS Tallinn

🇪🇪🤝🇳🇱 DefMin Hanno Pevkur and 🇪🇪ChoD MG Andrus Merilo met with 🇳🇱 ChoD Gen Onno Eichelsheim Generaal Onno Eichelsheim to discuss 🇳🇱 support to Baltic security, increasing defence expenditure and supporting 🇺🇦 Ukraine. #LennartMeriConference

🇪🇪🤝🇺🇸 #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether

🇪🇪 DefMin Hanno Pevkur ahead of 🇪🇺#FAC today on: 🔹 Shadow fleet on Baltic Sea 🔹Aid to Ukraine 🔹 EU mechanisms 🔹 Trump-Putin call newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/events/2025052… Estonia in the EU 🇪🇪🇪🇺

👋 Welcome, #Switzerland 🇨🇭, to the PESCO Cyber Ranges Federation, led by #Estonia 🇪🇪! These virtual environments for #cybersecurity training strengthen defence cooperation across Europe. Together, we're making Europe 🇪🇺 more secure.

ENDEX! Over 16,000 @kaitsevagi and allied troops stood shoulder to shoulder during exercise #Hedgehog2025 — proving their readiness to defend every inch of allied territory in #Estonia 🇪🇪. Hats off to all of you! 🫡 #WeAreNATO

📈 Baltic defence ministers reaffirm commitment: from 2026, 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 defence spending will rise to 5⃣% of GDP.

🙌 The IT Coalition, led by Estonia and Luxembourg, has raised over one billion euros in support of #Ukraine In addition to technological advancement, a key ingredient for success in cyber defence is exchanging experiences, as the members did this week 👇 kaitseministeerium.ee/en/news/it-coa…

🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇵🇱 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland are jointly strengthening defense at #NATO and the EU’s eastern flank, drawing on lessons from 🇺🇦 Ukraine. The EU is stepping up with supportive measures.

With Team Europe at Shangri-La Dialogue – strongly united in our support for Ukraine and committed to building global partnerships. Together, we are stronger.

PermSec Kaimo Kuusk represented 🇪🇪MoD at #SLD25 for good discussions on Estonia's views ahead of the NATO Hague Summit, on keeping unity and tightening ties between Europe and Asia.

📣 The #NATO DIANA innovation accelerator has announced its third annual set of challenges and opened a new call for applications! Applications for the DIANA accelerator are open until 11 July. The 6-month programme will begin in January 2026. 👇 startupincubator.ee/en/nato-invest…

Estonia's Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur of MoD Estonia spoke with the The Delegates Lounge podcast on the eve of today's NATO #DefMin meeting before the #NATOsummit. Hear his insights on rising tensions in the Baltic Sea, #Ukraine, and #NATO priorities. Listen: apple.co/4ejt5jE

🇪🇪 Estonian DefMin Hanno Pevkur ahead of the #NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels: 5% in 5 years to fulfill capability targets.

🇪🇪🤝🇮🇹 Molte grazie! Italy to secure allied skies over Estonia and the Baltics, both on land and in the air. #StrongerTogether

🇪🇪🤝🇺🇦 Done! #Estonia has delivered more artillery ammunition to #Ukraine. Ukraine's 🇺🇦 security is European and transatlantic security. We must keep supporting Ukraine — so it can defend itself and achieve a just, lasting peace. 🛡️

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