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US has urged Latvia to scrap language tests (+)
Вот уж не ожидал помощи ....
RIGA, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The United States has urged Latvia to scrap language tests seen as discriminatory toward its Russian minority and an obstacle to the Baltic country's bid to join NATO, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage conveyed the message in a letter to Latvian Foreign Minister Indulis Berzins.
The call came after President Vaira Vike-Freiberga warned Latvians on Tuesday that lack of action on the law would sink the country's NATO bid. NATO does not want ethnic tension within the alliance and makes fair treatment of minorities a condition for new members.
The letter said the U.S. backed the decision last year by human rights watchdog the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to