Training for Latvian embassy diplomats on EU matters

On 25 and 26 June the Foreign Ministry is holding training on EU issues for diplomats of Latvian embassies. The training is aimed at enhancing embassy participation in the discussion of topical EU issues and also at improving the representation and clarification of Latvia's interests in EU Member States and beyond. 

As part of the training, the participants will debate the accomplishments of the Slovenian presidency and the working programme and priorities of the French presidency, including climate and energy issues, further reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy, as well as current events in relation to the EU transport policy. The diplomats will exchange views about the future of the Treaty of Lisbon, EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, recent developments in the relations between the EU and third states, current events in the European Neighbourhood Policy and in the Western Balkans. The training course will also provide information on the development of the EU Communication Policy.      

The participants will be addressed by Foreign Ministry Under-Secretary of State for EU Issues Ilze Juhansone, under-secretaries of state Peteris Ustubs and Edgars Skuja, as well as by other representatives of the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Transport, and the EU Information Agency.   

Such training for Latvian embassy diplomats is held on a regular basis twice a year.

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