On 22 April, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the President of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Ivars Kalviņš, and Secretary-General Baiba Rivža at the Riga Castle. The meeting was held to discuss the current work priorities of the Academy.
The President of Latvia listened to the proposals of I. Kalviņš on measures to ensure the growth of the Latvian economy by strengthening cooperation between Latvian scientists and enterprises.