Latvian Academy of Sciences head blames e-signature mix-up for citizenship letter
Ivars Kalviņš, president of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, says the recommendation sent in the academy's name to grant Latvian citizenship to Indian scientist Divja Višvanata resulted from a misunderstanding in the electronic signature system.
Ivars Kalviņš, president of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (LZA), explained on 23 October 2026 why a recommendation to grant Latvian citizenship to Indian scientist Divja Višvanata was sent in the academy's name.
According to him, the letter went out because of a misunderstanding in the electronic signature system. The head of the academy therefore describes the case as an error rather than a deliberate position of the institution.
What is known
The information available is limited. The report states only that the recommendation to grant citizenship was sent on behalf of the LZA and that its president attributes this to a misunderstanding in the e-signature system. The source text does not set out how exactly the error occurred, who the letter was addressed to, or what happens next.
The LZA is Latvia's academic organisation of scientists, on whose behalf President Kalviņš gave this explanation.
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