Interviews with Minister

Published: 19.04.2022.

2022

28.02.2022. Important context from Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs talking - Support for Ukrainian EU entry - Witnessing a 'new cold war' - Allowing Latvians to fight – CNN

22.02.2022. Live interview with Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs on BBC programme #R4Today “The Today Programme”

18.02.2022. Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs in an CNN iterview on Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine: “We should be prepared for an unexpected twist of events”

11.04.2022. Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer meets Russia's President Vladimir Putin for talks while the war in Ukraine rages on: DW's Christine Mhundwa discusses the latest developments with Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics

03.04.2022. Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs with BBC: “Deliberate killing of civilians with their hands tied is a warcrime. It resembles what happened in Srebrenica. And we are only in the very beginning of counting.”  (6’56 - 12’31)

31.03.2022. Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs in an interview about economic costs of Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine: “Ukrainians don’t pay in euros or dollars, they pay in blood.” Interview in German (from 04’38)

28.03.2022. Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs in a telephone interview with RADIO 4 about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: “We should all get serious. Because this is also about the future of Europe. [..] Putin has clearly crossed the red line.” (from 10’25)