Minister of Justice Inese Lībiņa-Egnere visits Embassy

On 18 October 2024, Minister of Justice Inese Lībiņa-Egnere participated in the 30th Baltic Council in Vilnius, which is a joint meeting of the Baltic Assembly and the Cooperation Council of the Baltic Council of Ministers, at which the Chair of the Cooperation Council (the Foreign Minister of the Presidency) provides a report on the work accomplished during the year. Latvia was represented at the meeting by I. Lībiņa-Egnere.

Minister of Justice I. Lībiņa-Egnere informed the participants about Latvia’s priorities for the Baltic Council of Ministers in 2025, because as from 1 January Latvia will take over the presidency functions in this cooperation format for a year. Latvia has set out the following priority lines of action for Baltic cooperation next year:

- security and resilience of the region;

- support to Ukraine;

- improvement of regional connectivity;

- strengthening of energy security;

- attracting investment.

The Minister of Justice also visited Embassy and met with the Embassy staff.

Photo: Kristīne Pilipauskiene, Embassy of Latvia in Lithuania