No. 61-27009
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Riga, and has the honour to
refer to Note No. 006/2021, dated 26 March 2021, which
reads as follows:
"The British Embassy Riga presents its compliments to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia and has the
honour to refer to the Agreement between the Government of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the
Government of the Republic of Latvia for the Promotion and
Protection of Investments Done at London on 24 January 1994
("the Agreement"), and to the Exchange of Notes between
the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Norther
Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Latvia Extending
the Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Done at London on 24 January 1994 to the Isle of Man, and the
Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey Done at Riga on 3 and 13 March
2000 ("the Extending Exchange of Notes").
Further to discussions which have taken place between the
Embassy and the Ministry on behalf of the Government of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ("the
United Kingdom") and the Government of the Republic of
Latvia (together, "the Parties"), the Embassy has the
honour to propose the following:
1. The Parties agree to expressly terminate the Agreement and
the Extending Exchange of Notes; and
2. Notwithstanding Article 14 of the Agreement, following the
termination of the Agreement and the Extending Exchange of Notes,
the provisions of the Agreement and the Extending Exchange of
Notes shall cease to have effect in respect of investments made
while the Agreement was in force.
If the aforementioned proposal is acceptable to the Government
of the Republic of Latvia, the Embassy has further the honour to
propose that this Note together with the Note of the Republic of
Latvia in reply shall constitute the Agreement between the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of
Latvia on Termination of the Agreement between the Government of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the
Government of the Republic of Latvia for the Promotion and
Protection of Investments done at London on 24 January 1994
("the Termination Agreement"). The Termination
Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the Note of the
Republic of Latvia in reply.
The Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland avails itself of this opportunity to renew to
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia the
assurances of its highest consideration."
In reply, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Latvia has the honour to inform the Embassy of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Riga that the Government
of the Republic of Latvia accepts the foregoing proposal and
confirms that Note No. 006/2021 of the United Kingdom of 26 March
2021 and this Note in reply shall constitute the Agreement
between the Republic of Latvia and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland on Termination of the Agreement
between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland for the Promotion and Protection of Investments done at
London on 24 January 1994, which shall enter into force on the
date of this Note.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the
assurances of its highest consideration.
Riga, 30 November 2021
Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland