On 21 September 2026, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, addressed the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of the Baltic and Nordic countries, emphasising that Russia’s repression does not…
Russia’s illegal temporary occupation and unlawful annexation of Ukrainian territories, its occupation of the Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia regions of Georgia, as well as its arbitrary and…
Latvia condemns the so-called presidential elections taking place on 18 September 2026, in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali/South Ossetia region. The holding of these elections in the occupied…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, is travelling to the United States. On 19–20 September, the Minister will participate in the American Latvian Association’s 75th Congress in Washington,…
On 17 September 2026, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, met with the US Special Envoy to Belarus, John Coale. The officials discussed ways to mitigate and prevent the Belarusian regime’s…
On 17 September 2026, in Copenhagen, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Latvia to the Kingdom of Denmark, Ivars Lasis, presented his letter of credence to King Frederik X of Denmark…
On 17 September 2026, in Athens, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia, Ieva Cēsniece, presented her letter of credence to the President of the Hellenic Republic…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, has decided to include Alexander Ovechkin and Umar Kremlev on the list of personae non gratae and to prohibit their entry into Latvia for an indefinite…
On 16 September 2026, at the National Library of Latvia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Civic Alliance–Latvia signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on the involvement of non-governmental…
On September 15, 2026, Katarina Plātere, Ambassador of Latvia, presented her letter of credence to the Governor General of Canada and Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces, Louise Arbour…
