Section: Latvia
Tusk: trust in Putin’s good will is limited
This Thursday the European Union warned Russia that it is prepared to introduce new sanctions if Minsk ceasefire agreement is not complied with in Ukraine, as confirmed by President of the European Council Donald Tusk. …read more Source: Baltic News...
War in Ukraine: Artillery shelling continues after Minsk peace talks
The sound of shelling in the pro-Kremlin separatist-held cities of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine was heard in the morning of Friday, February 13, hours after Ukrainian, Russian, German and French leaders agreed on a ceasefire and a peace roadmap for resolving the conflict. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Cautious welcome for latest Minsk peace deal
Senior Latvian officials gave a cautious welcome Thursday to the results of talks in the Belarusian capital Minsk seeking a peaceful resolution of the bloody conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
War in Ukraine: Minsk talks end with sides agreeing to ceasefire and peace plan
Heads of state and government of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France on Thursday, February 12, after 16-hour negotiations announced that they have reached an agreement on a ceasefire and a roadmap to a lasting peace in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Straujuma and Tusk: peace should finally be restored in Ukraine
Today in Brussels, Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma, during the meeting with President of the European Council Donald Tusk, expressed hope that the Minsk negotiations on the solution to the military conflict in Ukraine will end with the result that will allow for termination of the armed conflict and further negotiations by diplomatic means with...
Latvian MFA: close EU-Canadian cooperation is needed to stabilize political and economic situation in Ukraine
On February 11th, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics met with the new Canadian Ambassador to Latvia Alain Hausser, who arrived on an introductory meeting, reports LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
War in Ukraine: Contradictory reports on progress of Minsk peace talks
In the morning of Thursday, February 12, media reports on current peace talks in Minsk range from Ukraine’s opposition to Russia’s demands, to an agreement being reached and even to a specific timeframe for an agreed ceasefire. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ambassador Veshnyakov: bridges have not yet been burnt between EU, U.S. and Russia
In a special press conference yesterday, Russian Ambassador to Latvia Alexander Veshnyakov said that even though the military conflict in Ukraine and other unsolved matters have influenced international relations, bridges have not yet been burnt between the European Union, United States and Russia, reports LETA. …read more Source: The...
War in Ukraine: Breakthrough on ceasefire deal reported
Shortly before the Minsk summit between the warring sides and mediators planned to take place on Wednesday, February 11, media report that a ceasefire deal has been reached. …read more Source: Baltic News...
War in Ukraine: Points of debate in ceasefire plan – demilitarised zone and border policing
In the latest ceasefire plan for stopping Russia’s war against Ukraine discussed in capitals from Moscow to Washington, the key point of negotiations is the establishment of a demilitarised zone between Ukraine and Russia, an anonymous French diplomat has unveiled to AP news agency. …read more Source: Baltic News...
