Latvia will hold a business forum at the conference of the Eastern partnership in may
Vladimir Dobrovolsky. Latvia as a future leader of the European Union wants to hold a business forum and conference for media in the framework of the summit of the EU Eastern partnership, which will be held in Riga at the end of may, said the Ambassador of Latvia to the EU Ilze Johanson.
The EU presidency since the new year will go to Latvia from Italy.
" of course, our special interest is the Eastern part of the partnership, the Eastern partnership is also not a very easy task. We have seen the events in Ukraine. But We believe in the initiative, which began several years ago to collect the Eastern partners on a common platform. This is the best solution in order to help the cooperation with our partners, " said Johanson, presenting in Brussels presidency priorities of Latvia in the EU.
She said that attention Latvia wants to call on civil society and people to people contacts.
" in the framework of the Eastern partnership summit in Riga at the end of may We want to build a business forum for business communities of the member countries, partner countries. And conference for the media of member countries and the Eastern partners, " said Johanson.
She said that Latvia will also work on visa liberalization, But has not identified specific objectives in this regard.
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