Latvian Foreign Ministers
Edgars Rinkēvičs and Lithuanian Foreign Minister
Linas Linkevičius spoke in support of media freedom in Belarus at the World Conference on Press Freedom organized by UNESCO and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (December 9-10), naviny.by reported.
Edgars Rinkēvičs, whose words are quoted by the press service of his ministry, emphasized that media freedom and safety of journalists is a priority of Latvia s foreign policy in the field of human rights. He called on the international community to respond resolutely to threats to media freedom, safety, health and life of journalists.