Foreign Minister Maris Rekstins and Georgian Foreign Minister sign Protocol on strengthening co-operation between foreign ministries[02 Jul 2009] On 2 July, Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins met with the Foreign Minister of Georgia, H.E. Grigol Vashadze who was on an official visit to Latvia. During the meeting, Foreign Ministers of Latvia and Georgia reviewed the current issues of bilateral co-operation, topicalities of the EU-Georgia and NATO-Georgia co-operation, the security situation in Georgia's separatist regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, including the results of the current round of the Geneva talks concluded on 1 July, as well as other important bilateral and international topics.
Maris Riekstins: European security dialogue should promote trust between countries[28 Jun 2009] On 27 – 28 June, Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins took part in a meeting of foreign ministers from the participating States of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on the island of Corfu, Greece. During the meeting, the ministers discussed topical issues of security policy, spanning the three OSCE dimensions - the politico-military, the economic and environmental, and the human dimension.
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