On 23 May 2024, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, will be visiting the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The Minister is scheduled to meet with the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for a discussion on the priorities of the NATO summit to be held in Washington in July, the future development of NATO’s deterrence and defence capabilities, comprehensive support for Ukraine, as well as the need to develop a strategy to rein in Russia.
The Minister will also meet with the Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid, and Cyber, David van Weel, and the Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, Angus Lapsley. The Minister will take part in a meeting of Ambassadors to NATO of the member states on the Alliance’s eastern flank, and meet with officials from NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division.
Baiba Braže will also have a meeting with the winners of the “Latvia’s 20 Years in NATO” quiz organised by the Foreign Ministry, who won a visit to NATO Headquarters as the prize.
From 2020 to 2023, Baiba Braže held the post of Assistant Secretary General of NATO for Public Diplomacy.