Tarih: Issue 113 - April 2022
Defence Turkey: Could you please provide some key facts about the Ministry of Defense of Latvia? Could you elaborate on the structure, responsibilities and number of personnel working at the Ministry?
Minister PABRIKS: Well, we are situated in our historic Building of War Ministry, which was created just after the First World War in the center of Riga. We have several hundred employees in the Ministry. So for our country, this is enough, and we are a country with Civilian Authority controlling the military. Our Army consists of 5 Brigades, which are one professional brigade and four National Guard brigades which are voluntary. So this is the structure of our Army, and of course, we have Navy and also certain Air Defense.