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In the framework the official visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, today, October 18, Aigars Kalvītis, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia, met Margaret Beckett, Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.
The Prime Minister expressed his happiness over the visit to Latvia of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is very important for the people of Latvia and will certainly be one of the most important events of the year. Aigars Kalvītis was also satisfied with the visit of the Foreign Secretary, which was the first in the history of both countries.
During the meeting attention was paid to the European Council meeting that is taking place in Finland on Friday, and where one of the main topics will be energy issues.
Aigars Kalvītis and Margaret Beckett agreed that the European Union needs a common energy policy in dealing with third countries. At the meeting of EU heads of state and government particularly important will be the energy policy in relations with Russia.
Margaret Beckett stressed the close connection between energy security and climate security, which have to be dealt with together. Another important issue is increasing the efficiency of energy consumption.
During the meeting both sides expressed support to the EU New Neighbourhood Policy, further enlargement of the EU, stressing the need for the EU to remain open to new members.
The Prime Minister very positively assessed the work done by the United Kingdom’s EU presidency in achieving agreement on the EU Financial Perspective for 2007-2013, and also asked to convey a warm greeting to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Jana Vektere
Consultant
Communication Department
State Chancellery
Phone: 7082919 mob. ph.: 29244699
E-mail: Jana.Vektere@mk.gov.lv
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