Contacts

26.08.2025. 18:39

Permanent Representation of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union
Avenue des Arts 23, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 (0) 2 2383 100
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Position

Name

Contacts

Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the EU Lelde Līce-Līcīte Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 201

COREPER II Department

First Secretary (Antici) Tatevika Paronjana

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 198

Third Secretary (Deputy Antici) Arvīds Zirnis Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 282
Counsellor (Multiannual Financial Framework) Jans Kevišs-Petuško Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 220
Counsellor (IPCR, EPF, ERCHT) Oskars Frīdmanis Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 137
Counsellor (Horizontal and Legal Issues) Viktorija Borodiņeca

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 183 

First Secretary (Spokesperson) Rihards Bambals Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 218
    Mob.: +32 472 810 118 
First Secretary (BREXIT) Arnis Lauva Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 135
Second Secretary (Assistant to the Permanent Representative) Jana Trahimoviča  Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 201
Third Secretary (Relations with the European Parliament, Institutional and Horizontal issues, Working Party on General Affairs) Lauris Paegle Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 280 
     

Parliamentary Cooperation

Representative of the Parliament Edīte Kriviša  Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2841 354

ECOFIN (incl. Taxes and Customs )

Head of ECOFIN division (Financial counsellor) Agnese Timofejeva  Tel.: +32 (0) 2 238 31 21
Counsellor (Financial services) Kristaps Ziediņš  Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 266
Counsellor (EU Budget, EU Own Resources, Anti-smuggling) Baiba Jurisone

 Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 118

Counsellor (Cohesion Policy, State Aid Policy) Jānis Ozols  Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 101
Counsellor, Representative of the Bank of Latvia (Economic and Monetary policies, Banking Union) Miķelis Zondaks  Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 128
Counsellor (Direct taxation, Financial Transaction Tax, Accountancy, Audit and Gambling issues) Jānis Bolšteins  Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 169

Counsellor (Customs and Indirect taxation)

Sintija Ozola

 Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 120

Justice and Home Affairs

Counsellor (Internal coordination of Home Affairs, Migration, Asylum, Visa Policy, Borders)

Līga Neidere

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 125

Counsellor Sanita Inzena-Andzena Tel.:+32 (0) 2 2383 124
Counsellor (Civil law, Company law, Data Protection, Intellectual property) Edgars Gūte Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 294
Counsellor (Criminal Law, Data Protection, Intellectual property)  Vineta Sedic Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 293

EU Enlargement and Development Policy

First Secretary (COWEB, COELA)

Linda Krūmiņa

Tel: +32 (0) 2 2383 233

Second Secretary (Development policy, CODEV, COHAFA) Eva Šulca-Majore Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 263

External Trade Policy

Counsellor (Trade policy Committee Deputies, Working Party General System of Preferences)

Zane Rožkalna

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 117

Third Secretary (Trade policy Committee Services and Investments, Working Party Trade Questions, TDI) Annija Streile Tel.:+32 (0) 2 2383 136

COREPER I Department

Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU (COREPER I) Reinis Brusbārdis Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 203
Counsellor, Mertens (COREPER I coordination) Marta Veiķeniece  Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 196
Third Secretary (Assistant to the Deputy Permanent Representative) Reinis Briljants Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 203

Competitiveness and Internal Market

Counsellor (Consumer Protection, Internal Market, Product Safety, Market Surveillance, Competition policy) Lelde Kēla Tel.: +32 (0) 477 932 522
Counsellor (Enterpreneurship, Industry, Export Credits, Internal Market) Edgars Ozoliņš-Ozols Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 156
Counsellor (Economic Policy, Technical Harmonisation, Construction, Housing, Statistics) Roberts Pauls Mencis Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 115

Climate, Energy and Environment Policy

Counsellor (Energy)

Marija Zjurikova

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 157

Counsellor (Climate and Atomic Issues) Anita Toča Tel.:+32 (0) 2 2383 153
Counsellor (Environment) Ieva Griķe Tel.:+32 (0) 2 2383 152
Latvia Office for Innovation and Technology in Brussels
Head of the Office Egita Aizsilniece-Ibema Tel.:+32 (0) 455 101 274

Transport and Telecommunications

Counsellor  (Aviation, Shipping)

Lauris Kanderis

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 132

Counsellor (Telecommunications, Postal, Galileo policy)

Zita Kanberga

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 331

Counsellor (Land transport and Intermodal questions) Ģirts Bramans

Tel. +32 (0) 2 2383 109

Research, Education, Youth and Culture

Counsellor (Research and Space) Aleksandrs Mārtiņš Blūms Tel.: +32 (0) 473734240
Counsellor (Culture, Audiovisual and Media Policy, Copyrights)

Anete Kurzemniece

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 127
Counsellor (Education, Youth, Sport) Maija Zvirbule Tel.: +32 (0) 471 612530

Employment, Social policy and Health policy

Counsellor (Social Protection and Gender Equality, Labour Law and Labour Market) Maksims Ivanovs Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 130
Counsellor (Public Health) Irina Porošina Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 138
Counsellor (Public Health) Santa Ozoliņa Tel.:+32 (0) 2 2383 138

Agriculture, Food, Veterinary, Forestry and Fisheries

Counsellor (Special Committee of Agriculture, Common Agricultural Policy) Karīna Krūma Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 140 7
Counsellor (Veterinary, Plant Health and Plant Protection) Liene Ansone Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 142
Counsellor (Fisheries, Food Safety, GMO, Novel food) Ričards Derkačs Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 144
 Counsellor Dace Arāja Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 187

Nature Protection, Information and Communication Technologies, Regional Development

Counsellor (Digital Affairs and Regional Development)

Jānis Glazkovs

Tel: +32 (0) 2 2383 151

Counsellor (Nature and Biodiversity Protection) Anna Popkova Tel.:+32 (0) 2 2383 126 

Political and Security Commitee (PSC) Department

PSC Ambassador

Kristaps Brusbārdis

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 205
Military Representative Major General Imants Ziediņš Tel.: +32 (0) 2707 2888

Deputy Military Representative

Gvido Ļaudups

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 146

Staff Officer in Military Representation of Latvija Viktors Sazonovs

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 131

Second Secretary (Nicolaidis) Dana Tjurina

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 241

PSC Ambassador's Assistant Marija Estere Ansone Tel.:+32 (0) 2 2383 205

Counsellor (COEST)

Ineta Celmiņa

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 214

Second Secretary (COEST) Edmunds Vizla

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 216

Counsellor (RELEX)

Līga Andersone

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 261

First Secretary (COTRA, COAFR, COLAC) Ilze Lesiēra

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 262

Second Secretary (Ma/Ma, MOG) Aija Balcare Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 207

Third Secretary (COHOM, MOCADEM)

Gatis Bērziņš

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 328

Third Secretary (COASI, EFTA) Evita Kuriga Tel.:+32 (0) 2 2383 282
Counsellor (Common Security and Defence Issues) Mārtiņš Paškēvics Tel.:+32 (0) 471 598 781
Counsellor (Common Security and Defence Issues)

Kate Elizabete Kanasta

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 110

Representative of the Ministry of Defence of Latvia to the European Defence Agency

Mārtiņš Nilsons

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 217
Counsellor (Cybersecurity) Sanda Vistiņa Tel.:+32 (0) 2 2383 283

Administrative Department

 Director of the Administrative Department Kristīne Rogule Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 210
 Administrative Diretor's Assistant Helēna Veita  Tel.:+32 (0) 2 2383 211

Finances

Senior Expert Ilze Pogule Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 143
Human Resources    
Second Secretary Inga Akmene Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 206

Logistics

Property Manager Andris Kuzmins Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 113

Document Circulation and IT Support

Second Secretary Zane Šverna Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 219
Third Secretary Ina Struberga

Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 208

Senior Desk Officer (Document Circulation) Eva Hmieļevska-Vizla Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 224
Senior Desk Officer (Document Circulation) Digna Eglīte Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 222
IT System’s Manager Kārlis Akmens Tel: +32 (0) 2 2383 228
IT System’s Manager Arnis Otto Tel.: +32 (0) 2 2383 111