Bad Relations With Russia led to the fall of the transit industry and the food industry in Latvia, said the former head of the Ministry of the message of the country Anrijs Matiss in the interview to newspaper Dienas Bizness.

The politician said that the restrictive measures of the capital of the USA and the EU against Moscow and Russian counter-sanctions had a negative impact on the Latvian economy, for this reason, the improvement of relations between the West and Russia For Riga only benefit.

"If you look at the transit industry, in recent years We have seen a significant drop of 30 % due to these" economic wars ". Has also been damaged and food industry. For this reason, any improvement in relations between the US and Russia, Latvia will only benefit. For economic cooperation, For the economy of Latvia is good news. We are connected With the global economy and not separated from global politics,"
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