According to Kozlovskis, this fence is a significant investment in the safety of Latvian citizens.
The border is currently being equipped with technological equipment.
According to the information portal of the Latvian public broadcaster LSM, the fence on the Latvian-Russian border took several years to build.
The total budget of the project was €166 million. Another €20 million will be invested next year in the construction of infrastructure and technology for patrolling.
Six contractors were involved in the construction of the fence. In some areas the process was particularly difficult, and the fence had to be installed virtually on a pontoon.
The country's state border service says that the situation on the Latvian-Russian border is stable, but there are isolated cases of illegal crossings, writes LSM.
Context
On October 5, 2023, the state enterprise Valsts nekustamie īpašumi (VNĪ) announced an open competition for contractors for the construction of a fence along the Latvian-Russian border.
Also, as LSM reported, in July 2024, the construction of a fence with a length of almost 145 km on the border of Latvia and Belarus was completed.
On September 27, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics emphasized at a NATO military committee conference that Russia should not doubt NATO’s ability to contain any threats, Delfi wrote.
