ESTONIA TO PARTICIPATE IN OSCE MAY 31-JUNE 1

UNCLAS TALLINN 000332 SIPDIS SIPDIS SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS EN SUBJECT: ESTONIA TO PARTICIPATE IN OSCE MAY 31-JUNE 1 CONFERENCE Ref: STATE 62142 ¶1. (SBU) On May 18, Poloff and Russian Embassy First Secretary Vadim Vasiliev, jointly delivered reftel SIPDIS points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Security and Arms Control Director, and Kristjan Prikk, Acting Counter Terrorism Desk Officer, on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) conference on Public- Private-Partnership (PPP) to combat terrorism. Although recent events between Estonia and Russia made the meeting tense, the Estonians agreed that it was important for every country to work together in combating terrorism. Although he was unable to provide specific names, Hilpus said that the Estonian delegation will consist of 3 technical experts - one each from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the business community and the NGO community. PHILLIPS