On February 1, Gottemoeller will visit Adaži military base just outside Rīga and meet with troops of the Canadian-led NATO battlegroup.
On February 2, she will meet with Defense Ministry officials to discuss the current regional defense and security situation and the NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroup in Latvia.
During the second day of her visit to Latvia, Gottemoeller is scheduled to meet also with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics, the chairman of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, Ojars Kalnins, and the Director of the Riga-based NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, Janis Sarts.
On February 2 she will also deliver a public lecture at the Riga Graduate School of Law entitled "NATO's adaptation: key to peace and security".
Gottemoeller took up her position as NATO Deputy Secretary General in October 2016, after serving nearly five years as the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at the U.S. Department of State.
Great to be in Istanbul again. One of my favorite cities in the world – even when it’s rainy! pic.twitter.com/3tIThvOeM6
— Rose Gottemoeller (@Gottemoeller) January 23, 2018
