Latvian President Egils Levits Visits Vienna

PeoplePoliticians ♦ Published: September 30, 2022; 13:24 ♦ (Vindobona)

Latvian Federal President Egils Levits recently visited his Austrian counterpart Van der Bellen in Vienna to hold consultations on current issues. The two condemned Russia's behaviour in the occupied territories and agreed that the results of the sham referenda held in the annexed territories should not be recognised.

Egils Levits, Latvian Federal President and Alexander Van der Bellen. / Picture: © Österreichische Präsidentschaftskanzlei / Peter Lechner and Paul Kulec/HBF

On Friday, Latvian Federal President Egils Levits met with Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen in Vienna. The two counterparts exchanged views on the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and its economic consequences.

Commenting on the recently announced plans to "absorb" the occupied territories into Russia, Alexander Van der Bellen stressed that this…