Foreign Affairs
Rinkēvičs Lists Main Topics for Foreign Policy Debate Next Year
By admin at 1 February, 2012, 11:33 am
Closing the annual foreign policy debate at the Latvian parliament on January 26, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs said that the main subjects to be discussed during the annual debate next year would be Latvia’s preparations for the EU presidency in 2015 and defining of foreign economic interests, the Baltic News Service reported. According to [...]
Read More >>MP: After Coping with Crisis in 2011, Latvia has to Tackle Crisis on European Scale
By admin at 1 February, 2012, 11:32 am
Latvia, which managed to cope with its economic crisis last year, now has to lend a hand to tackle the crisis on the European scale, defending at the same time its own interests in the context of the EU budget and farming subsidies, Ojārs Kalniņš, chairman of the Latvian parliament foreign affairs committee, said during [...]
Read More >>Secretary of State Teikmanis Invites Businesses to Expand Cooperation with Gulf States
By admin at 1 February, 2012, 11:31 am
On January 25, at a round table discussion entitled “Latvia’s Export Opportunities in the Gulf States (the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait),” hosted by the Foreign Ministry, Secretary of State Andris Teikmanis invited businesses to expand cooperation with the Gulf States. Contributing to the discussion were the Ambassador of Latvia to Kuwait, Ilgvars Kļava, [...]
Read More >>Latvia, Czech Republic to Defend Mutual Interests Regarding EU Multi-Annual Budget
By admin at 25 January, 2012, 4:49 pm
On Wednesday, January 18, in conversation with the new ambassador of the Czech Republic to Latvia, Pavol Šepelák, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis emphasized the need to strengthen fiscal discipline in order to stabilize the euro zone. The prime minister and the ambassador also agreed on readiness of the two countries to cooperate to defend common [...]
Read More >>New Italian Ambassador Makes Introductory Visit to MFA Secretary of State
By admin at 18 January, 2012, 10:47 am
On January 11, the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andris Teikmanis, met with the new Ambassador of Italy to Latvia, Giovanni Polizzi. Both parties spoke highly of bilateral cooperation. The Secretary of State noted that Latvia was interested in enhancing cooperation with Italy, notably in view of Latvia’s Presidency of the [...]
Read More >>Several Presidents to Make Official Visits to Latvia Next Year
By admin at 4 January, 2012, 10:52 am
The presidents of Estonia, Macedonia, Croatia, and Georgia plan to make state and official visit to Latvia, announced Latvian President Andris Bērziņš’s spokeswoman Līga Krapāne, the Baltic News Service reported. “Next year the president will have many activities in foreign relations. The presidents of Estonia, Macedonia, Croatia and Georgia are expected to make state and [...]
Read More >>EU Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Latvia
By admin at 27 December, 2011, 6:26 pm
Olli Rehn, the European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, signed the fifth and last Supplemental Memorandum of Understanding with Latvia on December 21, thus closing the adjustment program which was launched nearly three years ago, the Baltic News Service reported. “The people of Latvia have done an enormous work and shown great patience in [...]
Read More >>President of Latvia: Baltic States Ready for Any Economic Upheaval
By admin at 7 December, 2011, 6:25 pm
On December 1, at a news conference concluding his visit to Estonia to meet with the presidents of the Baltic states and Poland, Latvian President Andris Bērziņš welcomed the fact that the three Baltic states have a united position vis-a-vis the European Union’s Common Agriculture Policy and direct payments – something which has a direct [...]
Read More >>Latvian and Lithuanian PMs: Visagina NPP is a Beneficial Project for the Baltic States
By admin at 7 December, 2011, 6:22 pm
On December 2, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and Prime Minister of Lithuania Andrius Kubilius in conversation confirmed that the Visagina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) will be an economically viable and advantageous project for the people of the Baltic States. The most important prerequisite of Latvia for the construction of the Visagina NPP has been the [...]
Read More >>Swedish Ambassador, Rinkēvičs Discuss Visit by Sweden’s Foreign Minister
By admin at 1 December, 2011, 6:33 pm
On November 24, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the Ambassador of Sweden to Latvia, Mats Staffanson, to discuss the visit to Rīga by Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on November 28. The parties emphasized the intensive Latvian-Swedish political dialogue, a proof to that being a broad exchange of visits high-level. Foreign Minister Bildt’s [...]
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