Foreign Affairs Committee votes to suspend article in agreement between Latvia and Russia on the maintenance of memorial sites

• Published date: 06 May 2022
• Publication title: LETA

RIGA, May 6 (LETA) - The Saeima's Foreign Affairs Committee today voted to support the intention to suspend an article in the agreement between Latvia and Russia, which regulates the maintenance of memorial structures and mass burial sites.

The Committee assessed Article 13 of the intergovernmental agreement on the social protection of Russian military pensioners and their family members living in Latvia, which has so far been mentioned as the main argument for the protection of the Soviet-era monument in Riga's Victory Park. Six members voted in favor of suspending the article, while one...