Latvia stands strong with Ukraine: Latvia Foreign Affairs Minister speaks at Raisina Dialogue 2024
ANI
2-23-2024 5:30 a.m. EST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of Latvia, Krisjanis Karins shed light on his country’s unwavering support for Ukraine in the face of the ongoing Russian invasion.
Speaking to ANI on the sidelines of the third day of the Raisina Dialogue 2024, the visiting minister emphasized Latvia’s substantial contribution to Ukraine, “We provide weapons from the government; we provide humanitarian aid, we provide financial assistance, and it’s not only the government; it’s also civil society.”
“So we have many organizations which have sprung up out of nowhere, which provide ambulances, which provide school buses, which provide other automobiles, which provide medical equipment, which provide drones, which provide money,” he added
In addition, he added that Latvia has allocated approximately 1% of its GDP to aid the war-torn nation.
In an interview with ANI after participating in the Raisina Dialogue 2024, emphasizing the fact that it’s an entire country effort, Krisjanis Karins says, “Everything that you can imagine is being supplied. People who don’t have lots of money donate their time to make something. People who have more money donate the money so they can purchase more goods.
“We understand as Latvians that the Ukrainians are fighting also in our place because this is a war of imperialism, a war of aggression” [excerpt]