On 18 March, President Edgars Rinkēvičs chaired a meeting of the National Security Council at the Riga Castle. During the meeting, progress in interinstitutional coordination and the legal framework for the deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles and counter-drone solutions was assessed. The Council heard reports on this issue from the Minister for Defence and the Commander of the National Armed Forces, the Minister for the Interior and the Chief of the State Police, as well as the Minister for…
On 18 March, President Edgars Rinkēvičs chaired a meeting of the National Security Council at the Riga Castle. During the meeting, progress in interinstitutional coordination and the legal framework for the deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles and counter-drone solutions was assessed. The Council heard reports on this issue from the Minister for Defence and the Commander of the National Armed Forces, the Minister for the Interior and the Chief of the State Police, as well as the Minister for Transport and the Director of the Civil Aviation Agency. The Council agreed that the rapid development of unmanned systems and their wide range of applications, particularly the lessons learned from Russia’s war against Ukraine, clearly demonstrate…
