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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