Ilona Ekmane

W 1/4 Defence and Maritime

Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia

Spatial Planning

#BalticMSP

Defence interests in the context of

Maritime Spatial Planning

Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia

Vera Solovjova

Defence interests in the context of Maritime Spatial Planning

Crisis Management Department

Civil-Military Cooperation Section

Ilona Ekmane, Vera Solovjova

23 November 2016

2nd Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Forum 2016

National Armed Forces activitiesat sea

Control, defence and ensuring of inviolabilityof the water aquatorium of the Republic ofLatvia:

• observation and control of air space,territorial sea and inland waters (exceptrivers and lakes), as well as exclusiveeconomic areas;

• coast guard functions, search and rescueoperations at sea, elimination ofconsequences of oil and chemical spills atsea, ecological surveillance and control ofthe navigation regime

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Sustainable fisherySustainable

tourism and recreation

Defence and security

Developed maritime industry and safe shipping

Marine renewable energy resources

Healthy marineenvironment and

stable ecosystem

MSP priorities in the long timevision framework

(Source: LV MSP 1st draft, May 2016) 4

Balanced and integrated use

of marine space, which

promotes economic growth of

maritime related industries,

welfare of coastal residents,

as well as a viable marine

ecosystem

Overlapping interests at sea

(Source: LV MSP 1st draft, May 2016) 5

Defence interests at sea

Areas of permanent activity – fixedsurveillance sites (stations), military trainingareas

Areas of unforeseen activity – in cases ofemergency situation or state of exception

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