President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs welcomed Espen Barth Eide, Foreign Affairs Minister of Norway, to the Riga Castle with a working visit to Latvia on 10 September. President of Latvia opened the meeting by offering deepest condolences to Norway’s Royal Family and people with regard to passing of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway. He then praised the traditionally close and active cooperation between Latvia and Norway on a bilateral level and within various regional cooperation frameworks,…
President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs welcomed Espen Barth Eide, Foreign Affairs Minister of Norway, to the Riga Castle with a working visit to Latvia on 10 September. President of Latvia opened the meeting by offering deepest condolences to Norway’s Royal Family and people with regard to passing of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway. He then praised the traditionally close and active cooperation between Latvia and Norway on a bilateral level and within various regional cooperation frameworks, especially the Baltic-Nordic or the so-called NB8 format. President Rinkēvičs thanked Norway for its contribution to the security of the Baltic region, stronger deterrence and defence posture on the Eastern flank. Cooperation between national…