(Updated.) The CIOR President Colonel Chris Argent (UK Army Retd) and CIOR Secretary General Colonel Adrian Walton (UK Army) visited Estonia in November to attend the 101st Anniversary of the formation of the Estonian Defense Forces, and to review the 2019 CIOR Summer Congress in Tallinn last August – with Estonian members of the CIOR Joint UK-Estonian Presidency.
On 14 November the President and Secretary General attended a wreath laying with senior Estonian and other national military leaders, and took part in a celebration of the work and achievements of the Estonian National Defence Forces – hosted by Estonia’s Chief of Defence Major General Martin Herrem. In his speech General Herrem reviewed the successful outcomes of the CIOR Summer Congress in Tallinn in August 2019 – a congress which Estonia hosted with great success.
The visit was also an opportunity for the President and Secretary General of CIOR to meet with the Estonian members of the Joint Presidency and review achievements over the last 12 months, as the second year of the two-year Presidency had just started. All agreed that the first year of the Presidency had delivered substantial progress for CIOR, and expressed that they were looking forward to an equally succesful second half of the UK-Estonia Presidency tenure.
The next country that will have the CIOR Presidency is Germany (2020-2022), to be followed by Estonia (2022-2024).
CIOR Presidency members from the UK and Estonia met in Tallinn at the Estonian Defence Forces’ 101st anniversary for a 2019 Summer Congress review. On the photo also Estonian Chief of Defence, Major General Martin Herem (centre).