Latvian President Rinkēvičs Discusses Security Risks From Unfriendly States With State Security Service Chief
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs met State Security Service head Normunds Mežviets at Riga Castle on Monday. They discussed how to reduce security risks posed to Latvia by unfriendly states.
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs met on Monday, 9 November, at Riga Castle with Normunds Mežviets, head of the State Security Service (VDD). The talks focused on ways to reduce the security risks that states unfriendly to Latvia pose to the country.
According to presidential adviser Mārtiņš Drēģeris, the two discussed current issues in internal security. They also reviewed measures the VDD is carrying out to limit potential risks linked to harmful actions and non-military influence activities by states unfriendly to Latvia.
Rinkēvičs and Mežviets paid particular attention to two areas: the protection of critical infrastructure and the security of the information space.
About the VDD
The VDD is one of three state security institutions in Latvia, alongside the Constitution Protection Bureau and the Military Intelligence and Security Service. It serves as a counterintelligence and internal security service. The VDD gathers information from various sources, analyses it and informs the country's top officials about identified risks to national security. It also takes action to neutralise those risks.
