Press Releases
Ceremony to Mark United States Turn at Baltic Air Policing
Riga, September 30, 2008 – From October 1 through December 31, 2008 the United States Air Force, representing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), will undertake the responsibility of providing air policing for Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
To mark event, the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius has organized an orientation for media representatives on October 2, 2008 at the Zokniai Air Base in Siauliai.
The event will give journalists the opportunity to meet with representatives of the Governments of the United States and Baltic countries. Representatives from the Lithuanian Government, the US Armed forces, and the US Ambassadors to Latvia and Lithuania will be in attendance.
U.S. Embassy, Riga, Public Affairs Section
Smilšu iela 7
Rīga, LV 1050
Phone: 371 6750-9022
Internet: riga.usembassy.gov
Media specialist’s e-mail: dilanes@state.gov; kreilek@state.gov