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Latvian FM Rinkevics elected as new president
Updated 19:58, 31-May-2023
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Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics during an interview with Reuters at the Latvian Embassy in London, Britain, December 7, 2021. /Reuters
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics during an interview with Reuters at the Latvian Embassy in London, Britain, December 7, 2021. /Reuters

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics during an interview with Reuters at the Latvian Embassy in London, Britain, December 7, 2021. /Reuters

Latvia's parliament has elected Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics as the country's next president, Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins said on Wednesday.

Rinkevics, 49, will represent Latvia, a European Union and NATO member nation, at NATO's Vilnius summit in July.

He has served as Latvia's foreign minister since 2011.

(With input from Reuters)

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