The new Minister of Defence of Latvia, Ināra Mūrniece, has arrived on her first visit to Ukraine.

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk, has informed about this.

"I am glad to congratulate Ināra Mūrniece on her first visit to Ukraine after being appointed to the position of Minister of Defence of the Republic of Latvia," he wrote on Facebook.

Stefanchuk reminded that Mūrniece made a lot of efforts to support Ukraine as the Head of the Latvian Sejm. He expressed hope for further crucial assistance to Ukraine from the new Latvian government.

"We discussed the "peace formula" of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. I expressed hope for Latvia's active support of the presented points in the formula. I emphasised the importance of consolidating international support and creating mechanisms to bring Russian criminals to justice for crimes in Ukraine," Stefanchuk wrote.

Earlier, Ināra Mūrniece said that Latvia could provide Ukraine with a new batch of Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems at the next Ramstein meeting and offer exercises to the Ukrainian military.