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Viewing cable 07TALLINN71, SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS DICARLO VISIT TO

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07TALLINN71 2007-02-01 15:06 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Tallinn
VZCZCXYZ0002
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHTL #0071/01 0321506
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 011506Z FEB 07
FM AMEMBASSY TALLINN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9481
UNCLAS TALLINN 000071 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/NB KAYE LEE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OTRA PREL EN
SUBJECT: SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS DICARLO VISIT TO 
TALLINN, FEBRUARY 5-6 
 
REF: A) 06 TALLINN 1114 B) TALLINN 0002 
 
1. (U) Welcome to Tallinn.  Your visit will bring you 
to one of our most supportive allies in Europe.  Your 
arrival comes on the heels of the President's historic 
visit to Estonia last November, and amidst fervent 
campaigning for Estonia's parliamentary elections in 
early March. 
 
2. (SBU) Foreign Affairs Minister Urmas Paet and 
Defense Minister Jurgen Ligi will host the Adriatic- 
Baltic-Atlantic Ministerial (A3B3) on February 5-6 at 
the Radisson Hotel in Tallinn.  Prime Minister Andrus 
Ansip will also host a lunch for conference attendees. 
Confirmed participants include Foreign Ministers from 
Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Montenegro, and 
Lithuania and Defense Ministers from Albania, Croatia, 
Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Lithuania.  The 
conference agenda includes discussions on: 
 
-- Regional security and international operations; 
 
-- The role of education in defense transformation; 
 
-- Maintaining momentum after the Riga NATO Summit; 
 
-- Tasks and challenges associated with defense 
transformation; and 
 
-- NATO expansion. 
 
Estonia:  A Staunch NATO Ally 
----------------------------- 
 
3. (U) Estonia consistently supports U.S. positions 
within NATO.  Despite the small size of its military, 
it is contributing almost 5% of its deployable forces 
to NATO operations in Afghanistan and Kosovo, as well 
as Operation Iraqi Freedom and EUFOR-ALTHEA, the 
European Union peacekeeping force in Bosnia.  Since 
joining NATO in 2004, Estonia has made significant 
strides in transforming its own military into an 
effective and experienced contributor to NATO and 
other international military operations.  Unlike some 
NATO allies which are cutting back on defense 
spending, the GOE is on track to meet its NATO 
commitment of devoting 2 percent of its GDP to defense 
(currently at 1.83%).  Public support for NATO is 
strong in Estonia: surveys consistently show that more 
than 70% of the public supports NATO membership. 
 
4. (U) Estonia has prioritized its mission in 
Afghanistan as its most significant contribution to 
the global war on terror (GWOT).  Estonian soldiers 
participate in the UK-led Provincial Reconstruction 
Team (PRT) in Helmand Province in the south.  This is 
the epicenter of Afghanistan's opium production and 
has recently seen a strong resurgence of Taliban 
activity.  In 2006, the GOE increased its troop 
contribution to 130 and posted a diplomat to Helmand 
to oversee development assistance projects.  Since 
2002, Estonia has donated USD 187,631 in humanitarian 
assistance to Afghanistan.  For 2007, it has pledged 
to provide an additional USD 91,000 worth of hospital 
equipment to the children's ward of the central 
Helmand hospital. 
 
5. (SBU) Estonia has soldiers in Bosnia, participating 
in an EU-peacekeeping operation, as well as in Kosovo 
in a NATO-led operation.  In Bosnia, Estonia recently 
increased its troop contribution to 29 soldiers for 
EURFOR-ALTHEA.  In Kosovo, Estonia had a company size 
infantry unit participating in a Danish-led 
peacekeeping force in 2006.  However, with Afghanistan 
deemed a higher priority, the number of troops was 
reduced to 25, where they serve in Pristina as 
military police. 
 
6. (U) Estonia is a vocal supporter of NATO expansion. 
Prime Minister Ansip and Foreign Minister Paet 
regularly speak out on the importance of bringing 
Balkan and Eastern European countries into NATO in 
order to cement democratic and free-market reforms 
there.  Estonia's own experience creating a booming 
economy and vibrant democracy after re-independence 
has given it immense credibility in promoting 
transformational diplomacy.  Despite its commitment to 
NATO expansion, Estonia has always made it clear that 
no aspirant country should be given a "free ride" when 
it comes to fulfilling membership requirements. 
 
President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Prime Minister Ansip, 
and Foreign Minister Paet recently reiterated this 
message in meetings with  Ukrainian President, Viktor 
Yanukovych, and Georgian President, Mikheil 
Saakashvili (Ref A and B). 
 
A Democracy Promoter 
-------------------- 
 
7. (U) The GOE has provided significant technical 
assistance to Georgia, Ukraine, and the Balkans to aid 
in these governments' political, military and economic 
reforms.  The GOE annually sponsors Georgian, 
Ukrainian and Balkan officers and civilians to study 
at the Baltic Defense College.  The GOE also provides 
training through its Public Service Academy and School 
of Diplomacy for Ukrainian, Georgian, and Moldovan 
diplomats, civil servants, law enforcement, and 
customs agents. 
 
8. (U) Estonia has also conducted cooperation and 
development assistance projects in the Balkans and 
Adriatic.  Estonia's outreach has focused on IT, 
tourism, market reforms, and institution building 
through project partnerships.  Since 2000, Estonia has 
engaged in the following outreach projects: 
 
- organized a conference in Macedonia on how to use EU 
structural funds (2005); 
 
- provided IT and communications training through its 
e-Governance Academy for civil servants from Albania, 
Bosnia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro (2004); 
 
- organized conference on Ecotourism to promote cross 
border cooperation for government officials from 
Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro 
(2004); 
 
- provided technical assistance for WTO membership on 
agriculture reform for government officials from 
Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro (2003); 
 
- provided technical assistance for juridical and 
legal curriculum development for judges from Albania 
(2003); 
 
- funded cultural and education exchanges between 
Estonian and Bosnian students (2001); and 
 
- hosted media self-regulation training for members of 
the Press Council of Bosnia (2000). 
 
Iraq: Staying the Course 
------------------------ 
 
9. (U) The GOE has been a committed partner in Iraq. 
Currently, 38 Estonian soldiers serve shoulder-to- 
shoulder with U.S. 1st Brigade Combat Team outside of 
Baghdad, where they engage in some of the toughest 
counterinsurgency missions (in which Estonians have 
suffered 18 casualties, including 2 killed).  U.S. 
commanders on the ground have consistently praised 
Estonian soldiers for their skill, professionalism, 
and valuable contributions to a critical mission.  In 
late December 2006, Estonia's parliament voted to 
renew the GOE's Iraq mission mandate for an additional 
year, despite a low level of public support. 
Additionally, the combination of a tight labor market, 
a booming economy, and continued emigration of 
Estonian workers to higher wage EU member states has 
created military staffing shortages, which have placed 
an additional strain on operations.  While it is 
unlikely that the March Parliamentary elections will 
result in a significant change in Estonia's policy 
towards Iraq, maintaining political support for Iraq 
will be a serious challenge in the medium- to long- 
term. 
 
Bios of Key Estonian Interlocutors 
---------------------------------- 
 
10. (U) Prime Minister Andrus Ansip was born in Tartu, 
Estonia's second largest city, in 1956.  Ansip is the 
leader of the Estonian Reform Party, a pro-free market 
and trans-Atlanticist party.  After a career in 
banking and finance, Ansip entered politics in 1998 as 
mayor of Tartu.  In 2004, he became the head of the 
Reform Party and the Minister of Economy.  Ansip 
became Prime Minister in April 2005, when the current 
 
three-party coalition was formed.  He is running for 
election to Parliament and is his party's candidate 
for Prime Minister.  Ansip speaks English, German, and 
Russian. 
 
11. (U) Foreign Minister Urmas Paet was born on April 
20, 1974, in Tallinn. Like PM Ansip, Paet is a member 
of the Reform Party.  Prior to becoming a politician, 
Paet worked in the media.  In March 2003, he was 
elected to parliament (representing a district in 
Tallinn).  Paet served as Minister of Culture before 
becoming Foreign Minister in 2005.  Paet is a leading 
Reform candidate in the elections.  He speaks Russian, 
English, German and Finnish. 
 
12. (U) Defense Minister Jurgen Ligi was born in Tartu 
in 1959.  Like Ansip and Paet, Ligi is also a member 
of the Reform Party and is running for election to 
Parliament.  Prior to politics, Ligi was an economist 
and an economic advisor in local government.  He was 
elected to parliament in 1995 and has been Minister of 
Defense since October 2005.  Ligi speaks English, 
Finnish, and Russian. 
 
13. (SBU) These three men are among the strongest and 
most vocal supporters of NATO and Estonia's active 
role in the GWOT.  They regularly articulate a moral 
case to the public for Estonia's participation in NATO 
and foreign operations -- Estonia's obligation to repay 
its "debt" for the external support it received after 
re-independence.  They are also strong advocates for 
Estonia's efforts to promote democracy and market 
reform abroad. 
 
GOLDSTEIN