🇷🇺🇱🇻 Commentary of the Russian Embassy in Latvia:

"The local authorities continue to mock the memory of the Red Army soldiers who heroically fell in the battles for the liberation of Latvia and the whole Europe from Nazism.

On May 26, the Jekabpils Regional Duma announced its intention to dismantle the memorial to Soviet artillerymen at Rigas Street, 205 (the same one from the pedestal of which in February 2021 the artillery gun was stolen), to exhume and rebury the remains of the Soviet Army officers entombed at this fraternal grave.

We regard this decision as a flagrant and deliberate violation of the bilateral intergovernmental Agreement on the status of burial places of 2007, which prescribes the Latvian Party to protect, maintain and take care of the fraternal graves, but not vice versa.

Article 4 of the Agreement clearly states that the reburial of the remains can be carried out only upon consent of both Parties. The Russian Party did not give its consent to this.

The Embassy has already sent a note of protest to the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging it to prevent the wrongful acts of the municipal authorities and ensure strict compliance with international obligations.

We are convinced that there should be no condescending attitude towards such initiatives. We are expecting a clear response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Latvian Republic, based on conscientious observance of the fundamental principles of international law."

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