When welcoming the audience, the President of Latvia emphasised that the past, present, and future of Latvia would not be possible without knowledgeable, decent, and responsible people and strong families and generations, who devoted their energy to living and working in Latvia, and bringing up our young generation.
“Family is an eternal value because the power of families has formed our country a hundred years ago and strengthens our Latvia even today. Large and dynamic families will also shape our next century,” stressed President of Latvia Raimonds Vējonis.
First Lady of Latvia Iveta Vējone also welcomed the present families by noting that being together every day and on holidays, sharing joy and sorrow, supporting each other was the greatest value the family gives us. The family consisting of a dad, a mom, a grandma, or a grandfather are those who comfort, cheer up, support, give advice, bring up, and are present in the most significant events of one’s life. “We are all very proud of you because families are the strongest pillar of Latvia,” outlined First Lady of Latvia Iveta Vējone.
Upon the invitation of the President of Latvia, the Association of Local and Regional Governments of Latvia nominated 20 families for participation in the Christmas tree illumination event at the Riga Castle, that is, Vidzenieks family from Grobiņa Region, Laugalis family from Ikšķile Region, Baldiņš family from Dagda Region, Rusovs family from Jaunpiebalga Region, Tatjana Čubukova and Viktors Paučs’s family from Dobele Region, Vīgants family from Kuldīga Region, Kristīne Ērgle and Arnis Zīverts’s family from Ādaži Region, Laganovskis family from Baltinava Region, Edīte Sirmā and Arno Līdaka’s family from Madona Region, Nenišķis family from Sala Region, Krūzis family from Mērsrags Region, Majorovs family from Jūrmala, Zirģelis family from Smiltene Region, Šakirovs family from Auce Region, Vecbaštiks family from Nīca Region, Palejs family from Babīte Region, Pulis family from Cibla Region, Sakss family from Vecpiebalga Region, and Eva Zeipe-Mača and Kaspars Mačs’s family from Pļaviņas Region. Kārkliņš family from Daugavpils Region were also invited to the event in the Riga Castle, but they could not come unfortunately. All large families also share their active engagement in the social life of their regions and towns.
