Media accreditation for the coverage of the official visit of the President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, to Latvia is now closed.
Programme:
10:00 – Official welcoming ceremony at the Residence of the President of the Republic of Latvia
Riga Castle Square. Media opportunities: photo/video.
10:15 – Official photo/signing of the Distinguished Guests’ Book
Riga Castle. Media opportunities: photo/video.
10:45 – Delegation talks between Latvia and Rwanda
Riga Castle. Media opportunities: photo/video at the beginning of the meeting.
11:20 – Joint press conference of the President of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, and the President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame
Riga Castle. Media opportunities: photo/video/ questions.
The press conference will be live-streamed on the website of the Chancery of the President of Latvia www.president.lv/en and the social media accounts X and YouTube.
12:00 – Flower laying ceremony at the Freedom Monument
Freedom Square. Media opportunities: photo/video.
12:15 – President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame meets with Speaker of the Saeima Daiga Mieriņa
Parliament of the Republic of Latvia – Saeima, Jēkaba Street 11. Media opportunities: photo/video at the beginning of the meeting.
15:25 – President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame meets Prime Minister of Latvia Evika Siliņa
Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia. Brīvības Boulevard 36. Media opportunities: photo/video at the arrival in the 1st-floor foyer at 15:25 and the start of the meeting in the Green Hall at 15:30.
16:15 – President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs and President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame participate in the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the victims of the 1994 genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in Rwanda
National Library of Latvia. Media opportunities: photo/video.