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• Ministry of Foreign Affairs has prepared an agreement according to which residents of Russias –Latvias border zone will be able to receive visas in simplified order

Telegraf reports that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has prepared an agreement according to which citizens of Latvia, Russia and the EU as well as non-citizens who reside in Russias –Latvias border zone will be able to receive visas to one or the other country in simplified order. Residents of border zone will be allowed to receive visas in simplified order with an aim to visit their relatives, burial places, to receive medical treatment, to take part in cultural and sport events or in case of disease or death of relative abroad.