Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins offer condolences regarding Air France jet crash

Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins, on behalf of the Government of Latvia, extend condolences to the families and friends of those who lost their lives in the tragic accident of Air France aircraft Airbus A330-200.

At night on 1 June, the plane with more than 200 people on board disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on its way from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to the capital of France, Paris.

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