“It has been going on for quite a long time, starting with the use of private flights, and it remains interesting to me when this discussion will finally end,” foreign affairs expert, former ambassador to the USA and Russia Andris Teikmanis told TV24 about the spending of Latvian officials.
A. Teikmanis at one time he was also the head of the office of the President of Latvia and knew what means of transport the President was using at that time. He emphasized that the choice of transport was determined by protocol, necessity and the agenda of the president, which can be very different. In moments when you really need to go, but time is limited, you have to think creatively about how to get to one end and how to get back, said A. Teikmanis.
“Working with the president Egil Levitwe always used only airliners and nothing else, even though there were times when we were actually the only ones to arrive at a multilateral summit on an airliner instead of a charter flight. And it also happened that I suggested: maybe we’ll take it this time, but Levits didn’t agree,” recalled A. Teikmanis.
