Latvians send mixed signals on border treaty

Jan 04, 2006
By TBT staff

RIGA - A series of opposing statements by Latvian leaders about whether the country could sign a border treaty with Russia this year has underscored key differences in the political stakes of an agreement with the Eastern neighbor. The issue resurfaced after President Vaira Vike-Freiberga said in an interview in late December that Latvia did not hold any territorial claims on Russia 's particularly the Pytalovo district that was part of Latvia prior to World War II 's and that a treaty between t ...

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