CONTENTS

FOREWORD

I. SOME ASPECTS OF LATVIA'S FOREIGN POLICY 

• Year 2000 and Integration of Latvia into the EU

• Latvia's NATO Integration Policy 2000

• Latvia and the Aspects of Regional Co-operation

• Relations between Latvia and Russia

• Legacy of the Past and Reassessment of History in Latvia

II. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

• Declaration on the Intended Activities of the Cabinet of Ministers

• Strategy of the Republic of Latvia for Integration into the European Union

• Latvia's Annual National Programme for Membership into NATO 2001

• Preparation of the National Programme "Integration of Society in Latvia"

III. OFFICIAL SPEECHES 

• Speech by Minister of Foreign Affairs Indulis Berzins at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London

• Speech by President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga at the International Forum on the Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research in Stockholm

• Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs Indulis Berzins on the Occasion of the Opening of Latvia's Accession Negotiations with the EU in Brussels

• Remarks by Minister of Foreign Affairs Indulis Berzins at the International Conference "NATO's Role in a Changing Security Environment in Europe" in Vilnius

• Address by Minister of Foreign Affairs Indulis Berzins at the EAPC Foreign Ministers Meeting in Florence

• Address by President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga at the Millennium Assembly of UN in New York

• Address by Minister of Foreign Affairs Indulis Berzins at the 107th Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg

• Address by President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament in Brussels

• Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs Indulis Berzins at the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Vienna

IV. INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS AND STATEMENTS  

• Joint Press Release of the Third Meeting of the EU-Latvia Association Council, 15 February 2000

• Resolution of the Heads of Government of the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Lithuania, 18 February 2000

• Press-communiqué of the Meeting of the Presidents of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, 30 March 2000

• Vilnius Statement, 18âÀ“19 May 2000

• Statement by the French Presidency of the EU on Latvia, 25 May 2000

• U.S.âÀ“Baltic Partnership Commission Communiqué, 7 June 2000

• Resolution of the Heads of Government of the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Lithuania, 15âÀ“16 June 2000

• Statement by OSCE Regarding the Adoption of Regulations Implementing the Latvian State Language Law, 31 August 2000

• Statement by the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Concerning the Adoption of the Regulations Implementing the Latvian State Language Law, 5 September 2000

• Joint Communiqué of the Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, 20 September 2000

• Press-communiqué of the Meeting of the Presidents of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, 15 December 2000

• Joint Statement of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, 15 December 2000

V. CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS

VI. ANNEX  

• Structure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia (In Adobe PDF)

• Diplomatic Missions of the Republic of Latvia (In Adobe PDF)

• Budget Expenditures

• Personnel Composition: Central Staff and the Missions (In Adobe PDF)

• Establishment and Renewal of Diplomatic Relations (countries listed in alphabetical order)

• Bilateral Agreements Signed in 2000 (In Adobe PDF)

• International Multilateral Treaties in Force since 2000 (In Adobe PDF)

• Latvia's Membership in International Organisations

• Abbreviations