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Official visit to Latvia
Secretary General Alain Berset paid his first official visit to Latvia. During the visit, he met with President of the Republic Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister for Foreign Affairs Baiba Braže and Speaker of the Parliament (Saeima) Daiga Mieriņa and participated in a roundtable discussion on Ukraine’s future at the Riga Conference 2026 on 10 September. He also met with civil society representatives. Mr Berset gave a guest lecture at the University of Latvia and took questions from students. In addition, he visited the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence and the Occupation Museum of Latvia.
On 11 September, the Secretary General attended a Flower Laying Ceremony at the Freedom Monument together with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia.
Thursday 10 September 2026
- Meeting with Mr Edgars Rinkēvičs, President of Latvia
- Meeting with Mr Gints Apals, Acting Director of the Museum, Head of the Public History Department, and visit to the Occupation Museum of Latvia (Signing of the Guest Book)
- Meeting with Ms Daiga Mieriņa, Speaker of the Saeima, the Parliament of Latvia (Official photo and Signing of the Guest Book)
- Meeting with Mr Jānis Sārts, Director of NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
- Meeting with Mr Viesturs Vitovskis, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Justice of Latvia
- Working Luncheon hosted by Ms Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Deputy Speaker of the Saeima – the Parliament of Latvia
- Guest lecture of Mr Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe and Q&A with the students of the University of Latvia
- Discussion with NGO representatives
- Interview with Latvian National Television LTV1
- Interview with TVNET
- Interview with 360 News
- Plenary session for the panel “Ukraine’s Future as a Pillar of European Security”