Defence
Lieutenant Colonel Lindsay Wilson
Defence Attache (based in Vilnius)
Mr Roberts Birznieks
Administrative Assistant
Tel: (00) Da(371) 67774700 (general Embassy number)
E-mail: Roberts.Birznieks@fco.gov.uk
The United Kingdom and Latvia have enjoyed a strong bilateral defence relationship since the early 1990s. A wide range of co-operative and collaborative programmes have helped to strengthen that relationship, not least the UK's Outreach Programme, to support defence training and education and Defence Reform through a wide range of courses and seminars, the Partnership for Peace Programme (PfP), the Peacekeeping English Programme (PEP) and the provision of a Special Defence Adviser. All have contributed to create a bond of understanding and interoperability as partners within NATO, the EU and on international missions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo.
