... Ambassador to Moscow, and Reinis Brusbardis, Third Secretary to discuss issues related to Latvia's EU presidency in the first half of 2015, possible ways to overcome the crisis in relations between Moscow and Brussels, and improving the efficiency of Russian-Latvian cooperation.
The sides also reached a preliminary agreement to organize joint events.
... guarantee of Latvia’s sovereignty. Let us emphasize that one more time: not friendly relations, not partner relations, but merely pragmatic relations. The current centre-right coalition diverges on its national economic program, a fact that most Latvians and Russians are unaware of. Formal debates on issues of domestic policy are often fraught with internal conflicts that appear within the coalition itself. Foreign policy discussions are almost non-existent. The anti-Russia theme pervades. Trying to convince ...