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President to visit Jelgava on Friday and attend Border Guard anniversary event

Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs will visit Jelgava on 6 November, meeting students and company staff. He will end the day with a speech at the State Border Guard's 107th anniversary ceremony.

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Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs will make a working visit to the city of Jelgava on Friday, 6 November. The President's Chancellery Media Centre told the news agency LETA about the plans. During the trip the president will visit a school and a company, meet young leaders and take part in the anniversary celebration of a state security institution.

Schedule

According to the Chancellery, at 10:10 Rinkēvičs will visit Jelgava Lielupe Secondary School. At 11:00 he is scheduled to visit the company SIA "Jelgavas tipogrāfija".

At 12:50 the head of state will meet participants of the "Young Leaders' School" seminar, organised by the Student Council of the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies.

At 14:00 Rinkēvičs will attend a ceremony marking the 107th anniversary of the founding of the State Border Guard, and will give a speech. The State Border Guard is the institution responsible for protecting Latvia's state border.

Previous visit

On 5 November, the day before, the president visited the "Tilts" Social Services Centre, run by the Kuldīga Municipality's "Sociālais dienests" agency.

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