The Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs has used his first official visit to Australia to call for democracies around the world to align against authoritarian regimes.
Speaking at a joint press conference on Aug. 8 with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Rinkēvičs said the current Latvian government believes democracies are being challenged by authoritarian regimes.
“We must analyse, we must work out strategies how to counter propaganda, how to counter disinformation from dictatorships, from authoritarian regions,” he said.
Additionally, in a joint statement, both Wong and Rinkēvičs also said that both countries were “firmly committed to uphold human rights, the rule of law and the rules-based international order,” and agreed to work together to address challenges to the shared values and interests of Europe and the Indo-Pacific….