France-Latvia relations

France	Latvia

France–Latvia relations are thebilateral relations betweenFrance andLatvia. Both countries are full members of theCouncil of Europe,European Union,NATO and theEurozone.

France recognized Latvia on 26 January 1921. France has never recognised the annexation of Latvia by the formerSoviet Union. France re-recognized Latvia on 27 August 1991 and both established diplomatic relations on 30 August 1991.^[1]

Since 2008, Latvia is an observer on theFrancophonie.

• On 21–22 May 2015, PresidentFrançois Hollande travelled to Riga to participate in the 2015Eastern Partnership Summit.^[2] Side talks withGerman ChancellorAngela Merkel andPrime Minister of GreeceAlexis Tsipras were held on Greek debt.^[3]
• On 29–30 September 2020, PresidentEmmanuel Macron travelled to Riga and met with PresidentEgils Levits and Prime MinisterArturs Krišjānis Kariņš.

• On 1 October 2024, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa attended the 70th-anniversary celebrations of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) inCessy, near Geneva. During this visit, she toured the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) cavern and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) tunnel. This event was significant as it marked a milestone in scientific collaboration and innovation.^[4]
• On 27 March 2025, Prime MinisterEvika Siliņa attended a meeting of the "Coalition of the willing" in Paris hosted by President Macron.^[5]

• France has an embassy inRiga.^[6]
• Latvia has an embassy in Paris and 9 honorary consulates (inBordeaux,Calais,Lyon,Marseille,Nancy,Nantes,Saint-Étienne,Strasbourg andToulouse).^[7]

• Foreign relations of France
• Foreign relations of Latvia

• French Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Latvia
• Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with France

• France–Latvia relations
• Bilateral relations of France
• Bilateral relations of Latvia

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