On 19 August, President Edgars Rinkēvičs chaired a meeting of the National Security Council at Riga Castle. The Council assessed the current situation along Latvia’s eastern border, the dynamics of irregular migration pressure on the Latvia–Belarus border, acts of sabotage, as well as statistics concerning individuals detained for illegally transporting persons across the state border. In this context, the Council heard reports from the Minister of the Interior and the Chief of the State…
On 19 August, President Edgars Rinkēvičs chaired a meeting of the National Security Council at Riga Castle. The Council assessed the current situation along Latvia’s eastern border, the dynamics of irregular migration pressure on the Latvia–Belarus border, acts of sabotage, as well as statistics concerning individuals detained for illegally transporting persons across the state border. In this context, the Council heard reports from the Minister of the Interior and the Chief of the State Border Guard, as well as the Minister of Defence and the Commander of the National Armed Forces, on the immediate measures implemented to normalise the situation and on inter-agency cooperation between the State Border Guard, the National Armed Forces,…
