Your Majesty, President of EBRD,Prime Minister, Commissioner, Dear ministers, excellencies, distinguished guests, dear friends,Welcome to Riga! We are happy to host all of you for the Annual Meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. I am especially grateful to Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands for joining us here today.The last meeting in Riga took place 26 years ago. In the year 2000. At that time, the Bank was different. And Latvia was a different country too…
Your Majesty, President of EBRD,Prime Minister, Commissioner, Dear ministers, excellencies, distinguished guests, dear friends,Welcome to Riga! We are happy to host all of you for the Annual Meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. I am especially grateful to Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands for joining us here today.The last meeting in Riga took place 26 years ago. In the year 2000. At that time, the Bank was different. And Latvia was a different country too.Both EBRD and Latvia have grown scale and impact. Latvia has changed significantly. We are a member state of the EU, NATO and OECD. We have strengthened our economy. We have modernised our institutions. We have built a strong voice internationally…
