On 8 June, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with Minister of Defence Raivis Melnis at Jūrmala residence to discuss priorities for strengthening Latvia’s defence capabilities.During the meeting, the two sides assessed the progress made in the deployment of air defence capabilities along the country’s eastern border, cooperation with NATO allies, and the presence of its forces both in the airspace of the Baltic states and in the Baltic Sea region as a whole. The President and the Minister of…
On 8 June, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with Minister of Defence Raivis Melnis at Jūrmala residence to discuss priorities for strengthening Latvia’s defence capabilities.During the meeting, the two sides assessed the progress made in the deployment of air defence capabilities along the country’s eastern border, cooperation with NATO allies, and the presence of its forces both in the airspace of the Baltic states and in the Baltic Sea region as a whole. The President and the Minister of Defence positively evaluated the cooperation between the National Armed Forces and NATO allies in today’s downing of a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle in Latvian airspace.An important topic of discussion was the integration of Ukraine’s experience into the…
