Latvian Foreign Minister: it cannot be tolerated that Russian Federation citizens are employed in Council of Europe’s institutions

On 16 March, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs met with Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Marija Pejčinović Burić, who had arrived on a working visit to Latvia ahead of Latvia’s six-month chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe starting 17 May 2023, the MFA reports.

The officials discussed the priorities and tasks of the chairmanship of Latvia, the challenges faced by the organisation, the CoE’s support for Ukraine in relation to Russian aggression, and other international developments.