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Article: ESTONIA: PRESIDENT ILVES TO THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY: OUR OBJECTIVE IS A SAFER AND MORE SECURE WORLD
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 29, 2008
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The office of the President issued the following news release:
In Kadriorg this evening, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves gave a formal dinner for U.S. Secretary for Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, who arrived in Tallinn in connection with Estonia joining the United States visa waiver program as of November 17th.
"Estonia joining the visa waiver program confirms Estonia's ability to act, along with the United States and all our partners, on behalf of increasing the security of international travel and, of course, this demonstrates our mutual trust," President Ilves said.
The Estonian Head of State recalled the so-called Tallinn declaration by U.S. President George W. Bush in November ...