To get accreditation, please send the following information on every person to be accredited before 12 a.m. on February 6 to the Press Service of the Chancery of the President of Latvia by e-mail: prese@president.lv:
1. Name of the media
2. Name, surname of the person
3. ID number
4. Position in the media
5. Phone number
6. Editor's name, surname, and phone number
• At 11:45 a.m. The quadripartite meeting of President of Latvia Raimonds Vējonis, President of Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck, President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite, and President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid: photo and video opportunity at the beginning of the meeting.
MEDIA: arrival at the Riga Castle (garden gate), security check until 11:15 a.m.
Before the press statements, the media may stay in the Conference Hall of the Press Service.
• At 2 p.m. PRESS STATEMENTS of President of Latvia Raimonds Vējonis, President of Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck, President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite, and President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid (in Latvian, German, and English with simultaneous interpreting)
MEDIA: arrival at the Riga Castle (garden gate), security check until 1:30 p.m.
• At 3 p.m. The visit of President of Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck in Latvia. President of Latvia Raimonds Vējonis and President of Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck participate in the opening ceremony of the Reformation Square and the memorial plaque on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
MEDIA: arrival at Riga St. Peter’s Church, security check until 2:40 p.m.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1. PROGRAMME: Media programme of the visit is drafted based on the information confirmed on 2 February 2017, and it may be changed. All changes will be updated.
2. DRESS CODE: we request the media representatives to meet the dress code at all the events of the quadripartite meeting and the bilateral visit: formal business attire - a matching suit for gentlemen and ladies.