The Latvian parliament has endorsed a Diaspora Bill which has been drawn up in order to help the Latvians residing in foreign countries strengthen their Latvian identity and sense of belonging to Latvia and to maintain active and mutual cooperation with their native county.
Rihards Kols (National Alliance), who headed the Foreign Affairs Committee’s workgroup in charge of drafting the bill, said that the Latvian diaspora in foreign countries, which relative to the population is one of the largest Europe, is an unalienable part of the Latvian state, culture and ident...
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