He emphasized that parallel to Latvia’s work on strengthening NATO and the European Union (EU), we also need friends in other regions of the world. Therefore, Latvia will activate communication with the global south, i.e. the countries of Central America, South America, Africa and Asia.
Currently, the Russian narrative about the war in Ukraine is being spread “very successfully” in these countries. At the same time, Kariņš evaluates the negotiations with the representatives of the countries of the Global South positively. The representatives of these countries note that Russia “says something else” about its own war against Ukraine, so Latvia needs to point out what is actually happening, which would refute Russia’s claims, the foreign minister said.
Kariņš also reiterated that the world is becoming more and more unstable, both with the continuation of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the “Hamas”-Israel war, as well as with Russia strengthening its positions in some African countries.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs also drew attention to the fact that Russia’s war machine has been activated at full capacity, as Russia reorients itself to a war economy. Kariņš pointed out that Russia does not produce the most accurate weapons in the world, but it produces weapons on a mass scale.
Latvia’s security in this situation is made up of several things, including the fact that we are part of the European Union (EU) and NATO, that there is a joint group of soldiers of ten allied countries on the territory of our countries, as well as other allies – the US forces and the Danish rotational forces, noted the politician . Canadian politicians have also just reaffirmed that they will work on increasing the forces in Latvia to the level of a brigade.
2023-12-13 09:22:00
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