Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, is visiting Chisinau during August 16-18, on the invitation of Nicu Popescu, Moldova’s Deputy Prime Minister and concurrently Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, IPN reports.

According to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, the Latvian official will also meet with Speaker Igor Grosu, with Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița, with MP Doina Gherman, president of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Policy and European Integration, and with representatives of the parliamentary opposition. The discussions will address the main topics on the bilateral agenda, relations between the Republic of Moldova and the European Union, including Latvia’s support for Moldova’s European integration course.

Nicu Popescu and Edgars Rinkēvičs will make joint press statements at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration on August 17.