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For the first time in its history, Estonia received the status of a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, BTA quoted DPA as saying.

The small Baltic country will maintain this position until the end of 2021.

Estonia will host one of the world's largest cyber defense exercises in a month. This was announced by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg after meeting with Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid.

1000 experts from Europe and North America will participate in the exercise. They are expected to test their ability to protect data networks at national level and within the Alliance.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila met on Saturday with President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid, within the official visit to Tallinn, occasion on which the two high officials talked about the stage of the bilateral relations, topical issues on the EU and security agendas, as well as about the regional cooperation formats.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (r) welcomes the Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid at the Maximos Mansion before their meeting in Athens, on Friday. Kaljulaid is in Greece on a two-day official visit. [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP]

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos (r) welcomes his Estonian counterpart Kersti Kaljulaid (l) for talks within their meeting in Athens, Thursday. Kaljulaid is in Greece on a two-days official visit.  [Yannis Kolesidis/EPA]

Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid called for U.S. Patriot missiles and troops to be deployed to her small Baltic state on April 4, telling AFP it was necessary to make deterrence "believable" for Russia.