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At the beginning of his official visit to Luxembourg on October 17, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics delivered a public lecture at the University of Luxembourg and met with members of the Latvian diaspora in Luxembourg and the Luxembourg-Latvia association, LETA learned from the Latvian Foreign Ministry.
At the of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance of the University of Luxembourg, the Minister presented a lecture on Europe's future, its prospects and challenges and answered questions from lecturers, students and others interested in the topic. The minister drew their attention to two significant milestones – the 25th anniversary of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations and 95 years since Luxembourg recognized Latvia de iure.
"Latvia and Luxembourg enjoy excellent bilateral relations; we engage in an active political dialogue, and cooperate closely within the European Union and NATO as well as in the Baltic-Benelux format. We are like-minded on many EU-related matters – and most importantly, we see the EU as a solution rather than a problem," said the Minister.
The Foreign Minister stressed that Latvia's vision of the place of a small state in the international system is similar to that of Luxembourg – and it can be spelled out as multilateralism. Besides, small states can be visible and influential in international organizations. Just like Luxembourg, Latvia is an open country – open both in terms of economy and a liberal approach to market, and in regard to a multinational population.
Rinkevics evaluated positively the efforts towards increasing the EU's defense and security capabilities and said he was certain that, when strengthening those capabilities, attention should be paid to enhancing resilience against hybrid threat – both internal (of EU Member States) and external (of partners), building capacity in strategic communications, ensuring cyber security, increasing civilian capabilities, and to a more active coordination between the EU and NATO across a broad spectrum of security issues.
http://m.baltictimes.com/article/jcms/id/139809/
At the of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance of the University of Luxembourg, the Minister presented a lecture on Europe's future, its prospects and challenges and answered questions from lecturers, students and others interested in the topic. The minister drew their attention to two significant milestones – the 25th anniversary of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations and 95 years since Luxembourg recognized Latvia de iure.
"Latvia and Luxembourg enjoy excellent bilateral relations; we engage in an active political dialogue, and cooperate closely within the European Union and NATO as well as in the Baltic-Benelux format. We are like-minded on many EU-related matters – and most importantly, we see the EU as a solution rather than a problem," said the Minister.
The Foreign Minister stressed that Latvia's vision of the place of a small state in the international system is similar to that of Luxembourg – and it can be spelled out as multilateralism. Besides, small states can be visible and influential in international organizations. Just like Luxembourg, Latvia is an open country – open both in terms of economy and a liberal approach to market, and in regard to a multinational population.
Rinkevics evaluated positively the efforts towards increasing the EU's defense and security capabilities and said he was certain that, when strengthening those capabilities, attention should be paid to enhancing resilience against hybrid threat – both internal (of EU Member States) and external (of partners), building capacity in strategic communications, ensuring cyber security, increasing civilian capabilities, and to a more active coordination between the EU and NATO across a broad spectrum of security issues.
http://m.baltictimes.com/article/jcms/id/139809/
