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http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/cg/Qlatvia-france-enlarge.RPxp_CSQ.html [The fact that 40% of the native population of Latvia, primarily Russian and other non-Latvian speakers, aren't permitted to be educated in their languages beyond the ninth grade and are denied the right to citizenship and to vote, will not impede Latvia's accession to NATO this November. NATO and the EU only concern themselves with human, civil and language rights as a cover for so-called regime change, as in Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Belarus and Slovakia most recently. Incidentally, there's no question as to whether President Vike-Freiberga's vaunted bilingualism pertains to speaking French or Russian. It's the first.] Latvian President visits France to push EU, NATO bids RIGA, Sept 26 (AFP) - Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga visits France from September 30-October 2 to promote her Baltic country's bid to join the European Union and NATO, official sources said on Thursday. They said that in particular she would seek to gain the understanding of President Jacques Chirac and the parliament of the needs of the ex-Soviet republic's farmers, who along with farmers in neighbouring Estonia and Lithuania are demanding special treatment once they join the bloc. As an EU heavyweight state, with a large agricultural sector, France is expected to be a key player when EU membership negotiations with 10 candidate countries go down to the wire over the coming weeks. Vike-Freiberga, who is perfectly bilingual, will also discuss with her French hosts membership of NATO, which Latvia expects to be invited to join when alliance leaders meet in November in Prague. Talks are also likely to broach a French agreement to pay nearly four million euros (3.91 million dollars) in compensation to Latvia for the loss of its pre-World War II embassy building in Paris, which was taken over by the Soviet Union after the war and now houses Russian diplomatic premises. >From Paris Vike-Freiberga goes on to Brussels for talks on October 3 with European Commission President Romano Prodi, the EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana and EU Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
