On 21 April 2022, Riga hosted political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and Azerbaijan co-chaired by the Under Secretary of State, Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Andžejs Viļumsons, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Khalaf Khalafov.
The agenda of the meeting covered bilateral relations between the countries and their cooperation in international organisations, as well as the war launched by Russia on Ukraine and its impacts on European and global security. The situation in the South Caucasus region was also discussed. The diplomats underlined the importance of the normalisations of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia for stability and development in the region. They made note of the constructive role of the European Union in the process of the search for a solution.
The political consultations of the Foreign Ministries took place as part of strategic dialogue envisaged in the joint declaration on the establishment of strategic partnership between Latvia and Azerbaijan signed by the Presidents of the two countries in 2017.