Section: Latvia
Rinkēvičs: It all depends on Minsk Agreement
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs on Monday gave a clear signal that improved relations between Russia and the European Union cannot happen without observance of the Minsk peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
UN alarmed over «severe escalation» of fighting in Ukraine
The Secretary-General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, stated on Sunday, January 18, he was alarmed over the severe escalation of fighting at the Donetsk airport between Ukrainian forces and the pro-Kremlin rebels. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Latvian MFA and colleagues discussed relations with Russia in Trakai
On 16 January in Trakai, Lithuania, Latvia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edgars Rinkevics, took part in a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Baltic States. The Ministers exchanged views on the developments in Ukraine and relations with Russia, coordinating the position of the Baltic States in advance of the EU Foreign Affairs Council...
EP resolution: sanctions against Russia should stay in place until it changes its aggressive policy in Ukraine
EU sanctions against Russia should stay in place until it changes its aggressive policy in Ukraine, respects the ceasefire, withdraws its troops and stops supporting separatists, the European Parliament said in a resolution supported on Thursday, informs LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Estonian MFA in Kyiv: there is no point in discussing alleviating sanctions against Russia
While meeting with the Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council Oleksandr Turchyno and discussing the security situation in eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus stressed Estonia’s support for Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity, reports BC Estonia’s MFA. …read more...
Rõivas in Ukraine: EU will continue its current policy towards Russia
At the meeting with Arseni Jatsenjuk, President of Ukraine, Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Keit Pentus-Rosimannus affirmed that Estonia will support Ukraine on its chosen path and that the European Union will continue its current policy towards Russia until the situation in Ukraine improves. …read more...
David Lidington confirms British support for the priorities of Latvian Presidency in EU
On 13 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Edgars Rinkevics, met in Riga with the Rt Hon David Lidington, Minister of State for Europe at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. The Ministers exchanged opinions on current developments in Ukraine, Latvia’s priorities for its Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the...
Ukrainian Academic Council names Grybauskaite Person of the Year 2014
The Ukrainian Supreme Academic Council called Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite Person of the Year 2014 for her solid and consistent support to Ukraine’s independence, informs LETA/ELTA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
No evidence of Russian special services abusing protesters during Maidan, Council of Europe finds
Ukraine’s law enforcement bodies cannot prove the involvement of foreign intelligence services in crimes against EuroMaidan protesters in early 2014 – reads a report on the hundreds of reported cases of violence and killing against activists in Ukraine published by the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and...
In Moscow, Latvian MFA discussed developments in Ukraine and regional security
On 12 January in Moscow, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Edgars Rinkevics, met with Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Maksim Sokolov, the Minister of Transport, Co-chairman of the Latvia-Russia Intergovernmental Commission; and Vygaudas Usackas, Head of the EU’s Delegation to Russia,...
