Prime Minister Evika Silina awaits concrete solutions that will allow the publication of the list of companies continuing trade with Russia and Belarus.
As the Prime Minister stated on "X", the Saeima's call and her instruction to the Ministry of Economics and the Ministry of Finance to publish a list of companies continuing cooperation with Russia and Belarus have not yet been fulfilled.
Silina believes that society has the right to know about such enterprises, and this information should be publicly available.
"If there are obstacles to disclosing the information, I expect concrete solutions, not excuses," emphasized the Prime Minister.
As reported, Minister of Economics Viktor Valainis previously stated on Latvian television that the list of companies continuing trade with Russia and Belarus has not changed significantly compared to the last published data.
Although the law prohibits the disclosure of such data, the Ministry of Economics has already published such a list twice, and the latest one is still available on the ministry's website.
Valainis also reported that the Ministry of Economics, together with the Ministry of Finance, plans to discuss further steps.
The draft resolution to disclose the list of importers and exporters continuing cooperation with Russia and Belarus was submitted to the Saeima by the opposition National Alliance. According to the draft resolution, the Prime Minister was to be instructed to ensure the publication of this list by March 29.
The National Alliance reminded that in 2023, a similar list was published at the initiative of then-Minister of Economics Ilze Indrikson (National Alliance). After the change of government, the current list of companies has not been published, the party indicated.
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