Diplomats of the European Union are invited not to participate in Putin’s inauguration

As the assistant of EP Sandra Kalniete (JV) Elīna Bīviņa informed the agency LETA, the letter was signed by the chairman of the faction Manfrēds Vēbers and three deputies of the Baltic states – Rasa Juknevičiene and Andrjus Kubilius from Lithuania and Kalniete.

Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže has emphasized on social networks that Latvian diplomats will not participate in the inauguration of the leader of the aggressor state. “Representatives of the Latvian embassy will not attend the inauguration of the leader of an aggressor country that attacks everything we stand for,” Braže announced, “Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.”

“Presidential “elections” in Russia were held in the best Soviet traditions, when the outcome of the election is already known in advance, all that remains is to throw the required number of ballots into the ballot boxes and record it in the vote counting protocol. The ambassadors of European countries must not legitimize this electoral farce by their presence at Putin’s inauguration. European Union member states action towards Russia and Putin’s regime must be united and consistent. Democracy cannot afford to be complacent in the face of an aggressor whose invasion of Ukraine threatens the peace of the whole of Europe Mountaineer.