Russian commission co-chair postpones visit

  • 2003-10-23
  • Baltic News Service
RIGA - Following the recent rise in tensions between Latvia and Russia over past few weeks, the latter has cancelled the visit of its co-chairman of the joint intergovernmental commission, Alexander Pochinok, to the Baltic state.The Latvian Foreign MiniThe ambassador said that "in view of the [recent] developments the Russian party finds the meeting of Latvian-Russian intergovernmental commission co-chairmen Alexander Pochinok and Ainars Slesers [deputy prime minister of Latvia] scheduled for this Oct. 27 as ill-timed."Teikmanis said he couldn't understand Russia's decision since everythi...
 
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