The Seimas of Latvia banned deputies from traveling to Russia and Belarus

The Latvian Seimas in its final reading supported an amendment to the law prohibiting local government deputies from traveling to Russia and Belarus.

The amendments supplement the law with a new clause that establishes a ban on the travel of local government deputies to Russia and Belarus.

The Chairman of the Sejm Defense Commission explained that such restrictions are associated with a high level of security risks and access of local deputies to important information.

MOSCOW, October 8 - RIA Novosti. The Seimas of Latvia, in its final reading, supported an amendment to the law prohibiting the travel of local government deputies to Russia and Belarus; they are not even allowed to travel in transit, the press service of the republic’s parliament reported on Thursday.

“Deputies of the Sejm on Thursday urgently adopted in the final reading amendments to the law on limiting measures that threaten national security, which provides for a ban on deputies of local governments traveling to Russia and Belarus,” the press service reported.

Until now, the law has prohibited travel to Russia and Belarus for a number of persons associated with national security, including those with access to state secrets, persons responsible for the security of critical infrastructure, and employees of certain ministries.

“The amendments supplement the second article of the second part of the law with a new clause establishing that local government deputies are also prohibited from traveling to Russia and Belarus,” the press service explained.

The chairman of the Seimas defense commission, Raimonds Bergmanis, explained that such restrictions are due to the fact that local deputies also have access to important information.