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From Julian Hale, Defense News:  Estonian Defense Minister Urmas Reinsalu strongly supported EU-NATO cyber defense cooperation at the Jan. 30 Global Cyber Security Conference here.

Noting that NATO had agreed on a policy in 2011 and the EU is about to come up with a cybersecurity strategy, he said it would be “unreasonable to duplicate efforts,” and called for a strategic-level vision of goals and measures. . . .

“We believe the EDA and member states should make more effort in pooling and sharing,” he said. “We’re actively working on ideas for concrete pooling and sharing of ideas, and hope to elaborate them in the coming months.”

Reinsalu also argued that cyber issues should be discussed at the December EU heads-of-state meeting.

Asked if the Estonian military is thinking about cyber in an offensive context, he said he was aware that “most high-tech countries are developing these capabilities. It’s a grey zone for public discussions, but we’re aware it’s going on.”  (photo: Estonia's Ministry of Defense)