Nation s determination and bravery on barricades made January 1991 a turning point - Levits 2021-01-13 LETA/TBT Staff
RIGA - The nation s determination and bravery on the barricades made January 1991 a turning point, President Egils Levits stressed at an online conference marking the 30th anniversary of the 1991 barricades in Riga.
According to Levits, the 1991 Barricade Days also proved decisively that international recognition of Latvia and the other Baltic countries independence was just a matter of time, as the President Chancery s representative Justine Deicmane told LETA. The 1991 Barricades message to future generations is laconic and clear: If you want to live in your own country, be prepared to defend it. Defend it in a way and with what means are available and feasible at the moment, said Levits.