Embassy of Latvia to Turkiye / Latvijas vēstniecība Turcijā

State Secretary Andžejs Viļumsons meets with newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Latvia Ambassador Ahmet Cemil Miroğlu 🇱🇻🤝🇹🇷

Valsts sekretārs Andžejs Viļumsons tiekas ar nozīmēto Turcijas Republikas vēstnieku Latvijā vēstnieku Ahmetu Džemilu Miroglu 🇱🇻🤝🇹🇷

On 8 August 1940, the occupying Soviet authorities decided to terminate the activities of Latvia’s 🇱🇻 diplomatic and consular missions abroad, a decision which the majority of envoys and consuls refused to comply with.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was effectively dismantled. At the same time, Latvia’s foreign service continued to operate uninterruptedly outside Latvia throughout the entire period of occupation, ensuring institutional and state continuity.

The declaration by the Acting U.S. Secretary of State Sumner Welles on 23 July 1940 in the Western countries consolidated a policy of non‑recognition of the incorporation of the Baltic states into the Soviet Union for nearly fifty years. It made it possible for Latvian legations to continue their work in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, the United Kingdom, as well as for the Permanent Delegation to the League of Nations and 72 consular missions.

History matters – especially now!

Photo: A flag 🇱🇻 bearing the coat of arms of the Latvian state, flown on the flagpole at the residence of Anatols Dinbergs, Chargé d’Affaires and Head of the Latvian Legation in the United States (1970–1991), in Washington during Latvia’s occupation in the 1970s–1980s.

🔗More: https://www.mfa.gov.lv/lv/ministri-un-arlietu-dienesta-vaditaji-1918-1991

Militāro tehnoloģiju, dronu un robotikas asociācijas (MilTech Latvia) izpilddirektors Artis Pabriks aizvadījis trīs intensīvās un saturīgās profesionālās diskusijās piepildītas dienas SahaExpo 2026 — vienā no lielākajām Turcijas militārās industrijas izstādēm.

Izstāde pulcēja Turcijas aizsardzības industrijas ražotājus, inovatorus, kā arī uzņēmumu un valstu pārstāvjus no Eiropas, Āzijas, Āfrikas un Amerikas, apliecinot Turcijas pieaugošo lomu globālajā aizsardzības industrijā.

Izstāde pavēra iespējas jaunām sadarbībām, kontaktu veidošanai un Latvijas militārās industrijas eksporta potenciāla stiprināšanai.

Liels paldies Embassy of Latvia to Turkiye / Latvijas vēstniecība Turcijā par sniegto atbalstu un augsti profesionālo darbu.

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N**i Germany and the Soviet Union are equally responsible for the outbreak of the Second World War. On 23 August 1939, they signed a non-aggression treaty, the so-called Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, supplemented by secret protocols. This created preconditions for the occupation of sovereign European states.

The capitulation of N**i Germany on 8 May 1945 did not bring freedom to Latvia and the Baltic states. The Soviet Union re‑occupied the Baltic states, and continued forced Sovietisation and Russification of the occupied countries behind the “Iron Curtain”.

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