﻿{"id":288,"date":"2023-04-11T17:08:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T14:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/italia-e-lettonia\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T10:19:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T07:19:10","slug":"italia-e-lettonia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/en\/italia-e-lettonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy and Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As members of the <strong>EU<\/strong> and <strong>NATO<\/strong>, Italy and Latvia share a clear world view based on <strong>human rights<\/strong> and the aspiration for a <strong>rule-based international order<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2531\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid wp-image-2531 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/C7A99602-654B-4E60-8D6D-44CADC14ACD4-1024x926.jpeg\" alt=\"Foto: Palazzo Chigi\" width=\"640\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/C7A99602-654B-4E60-8D6D-44CADC14ACD4-1024x926.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/C7A99602-654B-4E60-8D6D-44CADC14ACD4-300x271.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/C7A99602-654B-4E60-8D6D-44CADC14ACD4-768x695.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/C7A99602-654B-4E60-8D6D-44CADC14ACD4.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Incontro Meloni-Rink\u0113vi\u010ds a Roma, 16 maggio 2024. Foto: Palazzo Chigi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Relations between our two Countries have been <strong>historically intense<\/strong> since Latvia regained its independence in 1991, but &#8211; as noted by the <strong>Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni<\/strong> during her visit in Riga on 10 July 2023 &#8211; the relationship between Rome and Riga is now experiencing <strong>an extremely positive phase<\/strong>. From political affairs to security, from culture to the economy, from research to innovation &#8211; in every area, <strong>the dialogue between Italy and Latvia is growing<\/strong> and is heading in the direction of greater exchange, interaction and growth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-510\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid wp-image-510 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PIO_5202-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PIO_5202-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PIO_5202-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PIO_5202-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PIO_5202.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Gen. Figliuolo and the Italian troops in Camp Adazi. Photo credit: Task Group Baltic.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From the political point of view, Riga and Rome are aligned on many fronts, first of all <strong>our shared support to Ukraine<\/strong> against the unjustified and illegal aggression by the Russian Federation. The daily activity of the <strong>260 Italian soldiers deployed in Latvia<\/strong> within the enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group \u201cLatvia\u201d of NATO is the most significant evidence of the closeness between our two countries.<\/p>\n<p>In this <strong>Section<\/strong> you will find information about the <strong>economic, scientific and cultural relations<\/strong> between Italy and Latvia. Below you can find more information about <strong>our military presence in Latvia<\/strong> and some <strong>historical data on our political relationships<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As members of the EU and NATO, Italy and Latvia share a clear world view based on human rights and the aspiration for a rule-based international order. Relations between our two Countries have been historically intense since Latvia regained its independence in 1991, but &#8211; as noted by the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during her [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-288","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2549,"href":"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288\/revisions\/2549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}