The council decided not to alter the priorities of the national defence, and to intensify the efforts both to join NATO and to develop an independent system of national defence.
The National Defence Council also listened to Brigadier General Giuliano Crivelli's lecture on the Swiss system of national defence.
In addition, the item of conferring ranks on high-ranking officers was under discussion.
Press Service of the Office of the President
Kadriorg, June 19, 2002
