Joint press conference of Foreign Ministers of the Baltic States and Germany in Riga

Joint press conference of Foreign Ministers of the Baltic States and Germany in Riga

On 13 September 2016 in Riga, the Foreign Minister of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, met with the Federal Foreign Minister of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the Foreign Minister of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, and the Deputy Minister for EU Affairs of Estonia, Matti Maasikas, in the annual “3+1” format of consultations to discuss the ways of strengthening bilateral cooperation between the Baltic States and Germany, security policy issues after the NATO Summit in Warsaw, and current challenges faced by the European Union.