French troops to continue serving in Estonian NATO battlegroup in 2021

French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly and Minister of Defence Jüri Luik (Isamaa) met on the margins of the European Intervention Initiative (EI2) Ministers of Defence in Hilversum, Netherlands, on Friday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the signing of a bilateral defense cooperation agreement between France and Estonia on May 11, 1994. The two ministers also reaffirmed the shared goal of deepening bilateral defense cooperation between Estonia and France.