On 26 September, President Edgars Rinkēvičs, met at the Riga Castle with the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, and the Commander of the National Armed Forces, Major General Kaspars Pudāns. The parties discussed the substantive agenda of the NATO Military Committee conference in Riga, the implementation of NATO defence plans, force readiness, and the introduction of new capabilities with particular emphasis on airspace defence along the Alliance’s eastern flank…
On 26 September, President Edgars Rinkēvičs, met at the Riga Castle with the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, and the Commander of the National Armed Forces, Major General Kaspars Pudāns. The parties discussed the substantive agenda of the NATO Military Committee conference in Riga, the implementation of NATO defence plans, force readiness, and the introduction of new capabilities with particular emphasis on airspace defence along the Alliance’s eastern flank. “This is the first time that a NATO Military Committee conference of this format is held in Latvia, as well as the first meeting of the Alliance’s senior military leadership since the NATO summit in The Hague this June. NATO’s political decisions…
