FILE PHOTO: Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics meets NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Riga, Latvia June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
RIGA (Reuters) -Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics urged NATO on Saturday to increase its protection of the Baltic States, citing Russian violations of the alliance's airspace, and adding to a similar call from Lithuania.
European leaders have said Russia has repeatedly violated NATO airspace, including in the Baltic States and Poland, where earlier this month around 20 Russian drones entered airspace, prompting NATO jets to shoot some of them down.
