Opportunities for Cooperation between Estonia and ... - Valitsus

• The potential for starting a continuous helicopter shuttle service between
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and Tallinn should be explored.
• The work to evaluate the potential for a Helsinki–Tallinn train ferry service
should be continued.
Internal security
• The need to update the crime prevention agreement between Estonia and
Finland should be evaluated.
• An agreement should be reached on the mutual recognition of bans on
business operations as it provides an efficient tool for combating economic
crime.
• Estonia and Finland should establish a high-level bilateral coordination
committee to formulate the principles concerning the use of the resources
and databases of both countries; the exchange of criminal intelligence
reports and the allocation of costs. The committee would also be tasked
to define the joint interests of the Estonian and Finnish security agencies
and to coordinate the strategies for rescue and service authorities.
• An agreement should be made on mutual consultations in order to keep
up with the technological developments in the field of internal security and
to plan potential joint purchases.
• The potential for establishing a joint Estonian-Finnish rapid deployment
rescue unit for alleviating the consequences of any accidents on the Gulf of
Finland and for quickly addressing any other crises should be evaluated.
• Joint action plans and principles for sharing rescue resources to alleviate
the consequences of any accidents on the Gulf of Finland and to quickly
manage any other crises should be agreed upon between the Estonian,
Finnish, Russian and Swedish authorities.
Defence
• A joint Estonian-Finnish working group on defence cooperation between
Estonia and Finland should be established to invite experts to explore the
potential for defence cooperation on a broad front.
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