RIGA - The Israeli Foreign Ministry lodged an official complaint with Latvian Ambassador Janis Lovniks earlier this month over the presence of government officials at the opening of the first graveyard for Latvian Waffen SS soldiers in southwest Latvia in September.Koren cited the official presence at the ceremony as the reason for the complaint. "Many of these people have blood on their hands," said Koren, referring to the soldiers.The Russian Foreign Ministry also voiced complaints about the opening of the cemetery, with one Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russia's parliamentary foreign affairs c...
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