From 15 to 18 May, the Foreign Minister Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs is on a working visit to Uzbekistan. The purpose of the visit is to strengthen the relations of Latvia and the European Union with Uzbekistan, especially in regard to the Latvian Presidency of the European Union in first half of 2015.
From 19 to 23 May, Latvia will be hosting a visit from the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch.
On 17 May, Vilnius hosts the meeting of EU State Secretaries and Secretaries General, at which Latvia is represented by the State Secretary Andrejs Pildegovičs.
On 16 May, the Foreign Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Viktors Makarovs headed the delegation of Latvia to the 123rd Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs has sent a letter of condolence to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Maia Panjikidze, over the death of three Georgian soldiers in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
On 14 May, the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Viktors Makarovs, and the Head of Security Policy and International Organisations Directorate, Ambassador Baiba Braže, met with the Georgian Ombudsman, Ucha Nanuashvili, who is in Latvia on an experience exchange visit.
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