With the Council of the Baltic Sea States summitt fast approaching 's it will be held in Riga in early June 's the foreign ministry is preparing to host its final major meeting before handing the presidency of the organization over to the Danes. Though Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin recently announced that he would not accept the invitation to the summit, relations with Russia still play a key role for Latvia and the CBSS. The Baltic Times sat down with Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins to try to get a feel for the CBSS and Russia's relations with its former Soviet neighbors. See ...
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