Following a Stategic Defence Review (SDR) the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom (MODUK) assumed a new defence mission called defence diplomacy, created to give greater priority, impetus and coherence to conflict prevention and peacetime diplomacy. The mission of defence diplomacy is to provide forces to meet the varied activities undertaken by the MOD to dispel hostility, build and maintain trust and assist in the development of democratically accountable armed forces, thereby making a significant contribution to conflict prevention and resolution. To attain these objectives the Defence Section is in a position to access and facilitate support in the following areas:

• Defence policy and planning
• Security sector reform
• European security and defence policy
• Bilateral political/military and defence staff talks
• In-country basic leadership and infantry training
• In-country advisory visits
• Seminars and courses in the UK and Latvia
• Courses at European-based UK training establishments
• Visits by senior political and military officials
• Ship visits
• Co-ordinated joint Baltic projects
• International operational deployments
• Defence procurement