Latvia urges West to keep talking to Moscow to make an attack more difficult

FILE PHOTO: Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Latvian Embassy in London, Britain, December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo

MUNICH (Reuters) - The West needs to keep talking to Russia to make it more difficult for Moscow to launch an attack on Ukraine, Latvia said on Friday, as two days of increased shelling in eastern Ukraine sparked fears a Russian invasion could be imminent.

Diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis must continue, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics told Reuters on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, a three-day gathering of world leaders that looks set to be dominated by the tensions with Russia.