Outgoing NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup commander, Briton Colonel Paul Clayton, says the group, now over four years old, is thoroughly integrated with the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) 1st Brigade, maintaining the same level of readiness, and to all intents and purposes of the same status as any sub-unit of a British Army brigade would be.
Appearing on ETV current affairs show "Välisilm" Monday evening, Col. Clayton said that: "We work very closely with the other eFP elements here in the region, but also with NATO headquarters. There's a new NATO HQ being developed in Riga, called Multinational Division North, and their responsibility is for the region, and we work very closely with them. I've also seen very close cooperation with the Estonian defense force, and the Latvian defense force as well, in discussing the defense of the region."