(211130) - RIGA, Nov. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) - Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics addresses the media before a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Riga, Latvia, on Nov. 30, 2021. Riga hosted a meeting of the foreign affairs ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states on Tuesday.

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Latvia Riga Nato Foreign Ministers Meeting - 30 Nov 2021

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, (2-R),  Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgars Rinkevics, (2-L), NATO Chair of the Military Committee Admiral Rob Bauer, right, and NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana attend the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Riga, Latvia - 30 Nov 2021

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, second right, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgars Rinkevics, second left, NATO Chair of the Military Committee Admiral Rob Bauer, right, and NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana attend the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Riga, Latvia

NATO, Riga, Latvia - 30 Nov 2021

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) and Belgium Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmes during official greetings to the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) and Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto during official greetings to the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian during official greetings to the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) and Albanian Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Olta Xhacka during official greetings to the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) and Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation? Jose Manuel Albares during official greetings during meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt ?avu?o?lu during official greetings during meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) and Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau during official greetings during meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) and Slovak Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Korcok during official greetings during meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia Gordan Grlic Radman during official greetings during meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) and Luxembourg's Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean Asselborn during official greetings during meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Ben Knapen during official greetings during the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Ben Knapen greet each other during the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) and Iceland's Foreign Minister Thordis Kolbrun R. Gylfadottir (C) during the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R), Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L), and Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly (C) during the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R) and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics greet each other during a NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics addresses the media prior to a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Riga, Latvia, 30 November 2021. From 30 November to 01 December 2021, Latvia is hosting a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting for the first time. To address current security challenges, NATO Allies are exchanging views on cooperation with partner countries and the European Union, and also begin their discussions on a new strategic concept for the Alliance.

Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics, left, talks with Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanek during a round table meeting of EU foreign and defense ministers at the European Council building in Brussels

EU Foreign Defense Ministers, Brussels, Belgium - 15 Nov 2021

Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, right, talks with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, center, and Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics during a round table meeting of EU foreign and defense ministers at the European Council building in Brussels

Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto (R) welcomes his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkevics during a meeting at Government Guest House in Helsinki, Finland, 09 November 2021.

Latvian Foreign Affairs Minister Edgars Rinkevics in Helsinki, Finland - 09 Nov 2021

Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (R) and his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkevics meet in Helsinki, Finland on November 9, 2021.

Ulkoministeri Pekka Haavisto tapaa Latvian ulkoministeri Edgars Rinkevicsin, Helsinki, Finland - 09 Nov 2021

Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto and his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkevics (in the picture) meet in Helsinki, Finland on November 9, 2021.

Foreign Minister of Denmark Jeppe Kofod (L), Foreign Minister of Estonia Eva-Maria Liimets, State Secretary of Iceland Martin Eyjolfsson, Foreign Minister of Finland Pekka Haavisto, State Secretary of Sweden Robert Rydberg, Foreign Minister of Norway Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide, ambassador of Lithuania Giedrius Kazakevicius and Foreign Minister of Latvia Edgars Rinkevics (R) pose for a family photo during the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Nordic countries and the Baltic states, the Nordic-Baltic Eight NB8 group, at the Vanajanlinna castle in Hämeenlinna, Finland, on September 14, 2021.

Nordic and Baltic foreign ministers meet in Finland, Hämeenlinna - 14 Sep 2021

Foreign ministers Peter Szijjart (L) of Hungary, Eva-Maria Liimets of Estonia, Edgars Rinkevics of Latvia and Pekka Haavisto of Finland attend a dinner party during the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Nordic countries and the Baltic states, the Nordic-Baltic Eight NB8 group, and the Visegrad Group V4 at the Vanajanlinna castle in Hämeenlinna, Finland, on September 14, 2021.

Nordic, Baltic and Visegrad foreign ministers meet in Finland, Hämeenlinna - 14 Sep 2021

Foreign ministers Peter Szijjart (L) of Hungary and Edgars Rinkevics of Latvia attend a dinner party during the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Nordic countries and the Baltic states, the Nordic-Baltic Eight NB8 group, and the Visegrad Group V4 at the Vanajanlinna castle in Hämeenlinna, Finland, on September 14, 2021.

Deputy foreign minister of Czech Republic Jan Kohout (L), state secretary of Iceland Martin Eyjolfsson, ambassador of Lithuania Giedrius Kazakevicius, state secretary of Slovakia Ingrid Brockova, foreign minister of Hungary Peter Szijjarto, foreign minister of Norway Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide, foreign minister of Finland Pekka Haavisto, foreign minister of Denmark Jeppe Kofod, foreign minister of Latvia Edgars Rinkevics, ambassador of Poland Piotr Rychlik, foreign minister of Estonia Eva-Maria Liimets and state secretary of Sweden Robert Rydberg pose for a family photo during the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Nordic countries and the Baltic states, the Nordic-Baltic Eight NB8 group, and the Visegrad Group V4 at the Vanajanlinna castle in Hämeenlinna, Finland, on September 14, 2021.

Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (L) and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics discuss during the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Nordic countries and the Baltic states, the Nordic-Baltic Eight NB8 group, and the Visegrad Group V4 at the Vanajanlinna castle in Hämeenlinna, Finland, on September 14, 2021. The meeting is to discuss questions related to recovery, such as energy transition and climate diplomacy, as well as various topical international matters, including the Western Balkans, Belarus and Africa.

Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkevics attends a joint press conference after a meeting of Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers of the Baltic States and Poland, in Riga, Latvia, 13 September 2021. The officials discussed current security policy matters and regional challenges, the decisions made at the NATO Heads of State and Government meeting in Brussels last June, and the development of NATO's next Strategic Concept as well as NATO partnerships issues.

Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers of the Baltic States and Poland meet in Riga, Latvia - 13 Sep 2021

Foreign Affairs Ministers (L-R) Zbigniew Rau of Poland, Edgars Rinkevics of Latvia, Eva-Maria Liimets of Estonia and Gabrielius Landsbergis of Lithuania attend a joint press conference after a meeting of Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers of the Baltic States and Poland, in Riga, Latvia, 13 September 2021. The officials discussed current security policy matters and regional challenges, the decisions made at the NATO Heads of State and Government meeting in Brussels last June, and the development of NATO's next Strategic Concept as well as NATO partnerships issues.

From left, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics, Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell pose at a group photo during a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the Brdo Congress Center in Kranj, Slovenia, . European Union officials listed Friday a set of conditions to the Taliban including the respect of human rights and rule of law that should define the level of engagement the 27-nation bloc will develop with the new Afghanistan rulers

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