Latvia welcomes Turkey's mediating role between Moscow and Kyiv in efforts to secure grain exports from Ukrainian ports. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Edgars Rinkevics, in an exclusive interview with the Anadolu agency..

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According to the head of the Latvian Foreign Ministry, the steps taken by Ankara to reach a “grain agreement” in order to ensure grain exports and solve the problem of food security are outstanding.

As for the development of relations between Ankara and Riga, Rinkevich focused on the parties' great interest in expanding cooperation in the defense industry. In this regard, the minister said that Latvia is interested in Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones..

“I know that there are Latvians who are raising funds to buy Bayraktar drones for Ukraine,” he said..

According to Rinkevich, Turkey and Latvia can also successfully cooperate in the field of cybersecurity, as well as trade, cooperation in the field of IT and tourism..

As previously reported, Ukraine received six M109 howitzers from Latvia, and they are already showing results at the front, Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov said.. Similar Ukraine has already received from the allies.