The first permanent anti-mine group NATO minesweepers came yesterday in the Tallinn harbor mine, RIA Novosti message Ministry of Defense of the Republic.
Minesweepers restock, and then take part in the exercise Open Spirit.
The presence of a permanent NATO Mine Group in Estonia inspires us to strong cooperation. Naval forces contributed to the mine group activities for over ten years, this time will be an Estonian officer at the head of division headquarters, said the commander of the Estonian Navy Captain First Rank Jüri Saska.
As part of the mine group of five ships, flagship - Dutch Mercuur support ship. The group also includes Norwegian minesweeper Otra, Dutch Urk, Narcis Belgian and German Bad Bevensen.
The doctrine will be held from 11 by 25 May.
"They will be attended to 800 troops from 15 NATO member states and partners of NATO ", - said in a release agencies.
according to information, the event will be "near Tallinn, Islands Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu; several teams will be involved divers and almost 20 ships for different purposes ".
The task forces will be involved "detection, mapping and destruction of explosive devices ". Last year, Open Spirit took place in Latvia, where it was discovered and neutralized 58 explosive devices.
