Nduna Yowona Zakunja ku Latvia yalimbikitsa maiko omwe ali m'bungwe la European Union (EU) kuti ayimitse kupereka ma visa a Schengen kwa nzika zaku Russia, ponena za chiwopsezo chomwe chimabweretsa chitetezo chamkati mwabungweli.
Kutsatira kukhazikitsidwa kwa Russia pakuwukira kwathunthu ku Ukraine mu 2022, EU idayimitsa pangano lake lothandizira ma visa ndi Russia ndikukhazikitsa zoletsa zoyendera. Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, ndi Czech Republic, aletsa ma visa oyendera alendo kwa nzika zaku Russia. Norway, yomwe imagawana malire ndi Russia koma si mbali ya European Union, yatsekanso malire ake kwa alendo aku Russia ndi ena apaulendo "osafunikira".
Nduna Yowona Zakunja ku Latvia, a Baiba Braze, adalemba pa X: "Latvia ipempha mayiko a EU kuti ayimitse kupereka ma visa kwa nzika zaku Russia," ndikuwonjezera kuti ma visa a Schengen operekedwa kwa nzika zaku Russia adakwera ndi 25% chaka chatha poyerekeza ndi 2023.
Malinga ndi Schengen Barometer tracker, kuchuluka kwa ma visa a Schengen kudaposa 500,000, ngakhale potengera zilango zomwe anthu aku Russia amafunsira. Malinga ndi zomwe zachitika posachedwa, Italy inali patsogolo pa ma visa omwe adalandira ndipo idakhala malo otsogola kwa alendo aku Russia mkati mwa Schengen Area.
Mawu a Braze akugwirizana ndi zomwe nduna ya zamkati ku Latvia, a Rihards Kozlovskis, adanena mu Marichi kuti ndi udindo wa European Union kukakamiza kuletsa kwathunthu ma visa kwa alendo aku Russia. Kozlovskis adati EU iyenera kuvomereza kuti ili "pankhondo yosakanizidwa" ndi Russia ndipo adapempha bungweli kuti "lizindikire mozama kuwopseza" komwe alendo aku Russia angakumane ndi chitetezo chamkati cha European Union.
Latvia yachitapo kanthu motsutsana ndi Moscow kutsatira kuwukira kwa Russia ku Ukraine mu 2022, ndikuyika ziletso zambiri kwa omwe ali ndi mapasipoti aku Russia, zomwe zikuphatikiza kuletsa magalimoto onse olembetsedwa ku Russia kuti asalowe m'gawo lake.
