28/05/2026
👍🏻It is always valuable to meet with and exchange notes with our Belgian colleagues, who represent Belgium’s interests in Latvia- Ambassador🇧🇪 Colette Taquet and Trade and Investment Counselor of the Belgian Embassy, representative of AWEX🇧🇪 Jerôme Bronckart.
👏🏻The pitching and networking event at Wallonie-Bruxelles in the Baltic states ahead of the Drone Summit 2026 in brought together Belgian and Latvian companies and it was a successful starting point of a multi-day trade program in Latvia aimed at strengthening 🇱🇻🤝🇧🇪 cooperation in defence and technology.
To follow up to the recent bilateral visit🇱🇻🤝🇧🇪 by the Latvian Minister of Defence, Ambassador🇱🇻 Aiga Liepina appreciated the opportunity to exchange information with Lt. General🇧🇪 Michel Van Strythem who is second-in-command of Belgian Defence and the head of Defence Innovation regarding plans for bilateral cooperation in the broader field of defense.
☝🏻In face of rapid technological change resilience is not built alone - it is built together with partners and shared responsibility.
🙏🏻Thanks to Jérôme Bronckart and his team for a great job in facilitating partnerships for action!
Latvijas Republikas Ārlietu ministrija