Bergmanis with DSACEUR to discuss Latvia’s defense priorities

Latvian Defense Minister Raimonds Bergmanis and Gen. Adrian Bradshaw, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (Deputy SACEUR), will meet in Riga on September 17 to discuss Latvia’s defense priorities and latest developments in NATO.

The subjects to be discussed at the meeting include the security situation in the region, progress in implementation of the decisions taken at the NATO Wales Summit in 2014 and the new challenges to be addressed by the upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw in 2016.

General Bradshaw will come to Latvia for a training event for NATO senior leadership. The Latvian Defense Academy in Riga is hosting exercises Steadfast Pyramid and Steadfast Pinnacle 2015 for 48 senior officers from NATO member states, Finland and Sweden on September 13-25.

Media contacts:
Daina Ozoliņa
Military Public Affairs Department
Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia
Phone: 67335224
E-mail: prese@mod.gov.lv