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• President of Latvia Andris Berzins called the MPs to elaborate a law on the status of WWII participants

The President of Latvia Andris Berzins met with the members of the Saeima’s Society Consolidation Committee with an aim to call the MPs to elaborate a law on the status of WWII participants. The President stated it is important to find concord between those war veterans who fought for the Red Army and on the opposite side. According to the President, such reconciliation would deprive the ground to those politicians, who incite disagreements in the society by using the WWII as one of the elements of their rhetoric. The President stated that if Latvia wants to live in secure and tolerant society there is no other way but to find a common denominator with a view to the future. As reported, the President Berzins took initiative on consolidation of the society trough meeting with the participants of WWII and discussing with them issues of reconciliation. Chas, Latvijas Avize, Vesti Segodnya