On 11 July, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the Chairman of the Riga City Council Viesturs Kleinbergs at the Riga Castle. During the meeting, the President of Latvia congratulated Mr Kleinbergs on his election as Mayor of Riga. The parties discussed attracting foreign investment to Riga, economic and social development within the metropolitan area of the capital, the issue of civil protection shelters, and the rising costs of heat energy tariffs.
During the meeting, President Rinkēvičs emphasised that the City of Riga, state capital companies, and supervisory institutions must cooperate more effectively in order to ensure that justified heat energy tariffs are set in a timely manner before the start of the upcoming heating season.
