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Latvian flags with mourning ribbon
Photo: Laura Celmiņa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

On 25 March 2025 at 11.00, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Latvian Association of Politically Repressed Persons, in remembrance of the victims of political repression during the 1949 communist genocide, are holding a flower-laying ceremony outside the History Tactile Memorial to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation at Latviešu strēlnieku laukums 1.

The ceremony will be attended by senior officials of state and government and members of the diplomatic corps.

For the attention of the media 

The media representatives are welcome to apply for participation by 14.00 on 24 March via e-mail to media@mfa.gov.lv

Please plan your arrival in time – no later than 20 minutes before the event.