Lavrov raps Latvia, Estonia, over Russian-speaking communities' rights. - EBSCO
This content may contain URLs/links that would redirect you to a non-EBSCO site. EBSCO does not endorse the accuracy or accessibility of these sites, nor of the content therein. By:Interfax Lavrov raps Latvia, Estonia, over Russian-speaking communities' rights KALININGRAD, Russia. May 23 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday accused Latvia and Estonia of limiting the right of their Russian-speaking communities to use the Russian language and said that thereby the two Baltic countries depart from "pan-European values." "W ask our Latvian and Estonian neighbors to comply with recommendations that have been formulated within the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, recommendations that have been made by the high commissioner on national minorities of the OSCE [Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe], and the commissioner for human rights of the Council of Europe," Lavrov said at a meeting with students at the Immanuel Kant Baltic
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