Latvia host Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) summit at Riga

Latvia host Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) summit at Riga

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Category : International Published on: December 21 2022

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  • Latvia hosted the 3rd summit meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) on 19 December 2022 in Riga. 
  • The summit meeting has been convened on the Initiative of the Prime Minister of Latvia Krišjānis Kariņš, with the support of the United Kingdom.
  • The JEF was founded in 2015 after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit meeting in Wales in 2014. It comprises Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
  • Latvia lies in North Eastern Europe and is one of the three Baltic countries. The other Baltic countries are Lithuania and Estonia.
  • It is called Baltic country as it lies along the Baltic Sea.
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