Meeting with the Estonian Prime Minister and Defense League
Governor O'Malley sent this blog update from Estonia on Tuesday morning.
Maryland's relationship with Estonia goes back 15 years and is still going strong. I met with Andris Ansup, the Prime Minister of Estonia, who thanked us for the cooperation that Maryland provided helping enable them to integrate successfully in NATO. The program is very helpful for sharing military norms, but as importantly, about civil society and government. He said that their development of an army reserve is based on what they learned from the Maryland National Guard. In fact, the commander of the Estonian reserve has visited Maryland a number of times going back to 1994. The prime minister told me Estonia was the first country to suffer a major attack by foreign entities, and they've conducted online voting for four years now, so cyber security is a priority for them.
And below are two photos from Tuesday:
Governor O'Malley with Estonian Prime Minister Andris Ansup.
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