An official welcoming ceremony for President Isaac Herzog and first lady Michal Herzog will take place at Rīga Castle at 14:00 on Tuesday, followed by talks between the Latvian and Israeli delegations and a joint press conference of Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs and President Isaac Herzog at around 15:15, which will be viewable below.
Later in the day there will be a solemn flower-laying ceremony at the Freedom Monument, a Latvian-Israeli business organization networking event, and a meeting with Speaker of the Saeima Daiga Mieriņa.
Wednesday’s programme will be brief, with an early-morning visit to the Latvian Occupation Museum and a meeting with representatives of the Jewish community in Latvia before President Herzog moves on to Estonia. He arrives in Latvia from Lithuania as part of a Baltic tour.
President Rinkēvičs made a visit to Israel in 2023 as reported by LSM at the time (pictured below).
President Rinkēvičs in Israel, 2023
Photo: Latvian Presidential chancellery
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