Baiba Braze

At the Third Parliamentary Summit, held in Riga, leaders and representatives from across Europe gathered to address the pressing security challenges facing the region, with a particular focus on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Türkiye and Latvia will strengthen their defense industry cooperation, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday.

"We will strengthen our cooperation in this field with tangible projects," Fidan said in a news conference alongside his Latvian counterpart Baiba Braze in the capital Ankara.

RIGA - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with his Latvian counterpart Baiba Braze in Riga on Wednesday, and informed her of the difficult position of the Serb community in Kosovo-Metohija as well as of the challenges facing Serbia regarding that issue.

Djuric, who is on a one-day working visit to Latvia, noted that Serbia was very committed to finding rational and compromise solutions.

European Union ministers on April 22 said Europe must still speed up its arms deliveries to Ukraine, after U.S. lawmakers eased pressure by unblocking a major aid package.

But at a meeting of EU defense and foreign ministers in Luxembourg there was no sign of more pledges of vitally needed air defense for Kiev.