National Press Club to Host "NEWSMAKER" Media Briefing on Latvia's Ambassador to Address Priorities for Latvia's EU Presidency And Increasing Political Tensions with Moscow

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Feb 02, 2015, 12:16 ET

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One year after adopting the Euro as its official currency, Latvia is assuming the presidency of the 28-member European Union. Latvia's Ambassador to the U.S., H.E. Andris Razans, will discuss Latvia's upcoming priorities – as well as an increasingly anti-Russian stance that reportedly is infuriating the Kremlin – at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on Thursday, February 5 at noon.

Ambassador Razans recently criticized Russia's annexation of Crimea and its occupation of Ukrainian territory as "blunt violations of international law. Facts are facts. This is a challenge to the post-Cold War order in Europe."

This Newsmakers news conference is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015 at noon in the National Press Club's Lisagor Room, on the 13^th floor of the National Press Building at 529 14^th St., NW, Washington, D.C.

Like all NPC Newsmakers events, this news conference is open to credentialed journalists and NPC members, free of charge. No advance registration is required.

Contacts:
Peter Hickman, Newsmakers event host
301/367-7711 (cell), 301/530-1210 (office), [email protected]

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