“Latvia is ready to cooperate and to deepen and broaden trade relations with Azerbaijan,” said President Edgars Rinkēvičs during his speech at the Azerbaijan-Latvia business forum held in Baku on April 22.

During the last 20 years we had over 350 billion dollars of investments in our economy, almost half—$170 billion—in investments from foreign sources. So an investment-friendly business climate was also one of the targets in front of us, and it has mostly been achieved.

“I am sure that the Latvian president’s visit will create new opportunities for cooperation in various areas,” Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said during a joint press statement with his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkēvičs in Baku on Wednesday.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has said he briefed Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs on the ongoing peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Azerbaijan and Latvia held a ceremony on Wednesday to exchange a series of documents signed between the two countries, with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs in attendance.

An official welcome ceremony was held on April 22 for Edgars Rinkēvičs, President of the Republic of Latvia.

Latvia’s President Edgars Rinkēvičs visited Martyrs’ Alley in Baku on April 22 during his official trip to Azerbaijan.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has condemned Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa for supporting Kyiv instead of Budapest in the dispute over an EU loan for Ukraine.

Modern global crises are becoming increasingly difficult to resolve through military force alone, former President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers said while speaking on the sidelines of the Global Baku Forum.