President of Latvia Egils Levits took the rapid test on 13 October as he returned late night from working visit to the Kingdom of Sweden, and it was positive. He will take the PCR test later today.
President Levits personally contacted H.E. Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia, explained the current situation and asked to move the meeting with Estonian counterpart to another date. Meeting was to take place today at the Riga Castle. President of Estonia kindly agreed to meet with the Speaker of the Saeima Ināra Mūrniece instead. Meeting will take place at 9:30 this morning.
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Please contact Saeima Press Service for more information about media accreditation to the meeting between Speaker Mūrniece and President Karis.