Latvia sees Japan as partner in pursuit of proactive peace

TOKYO, Japan - Latvia's State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Andrejs Pildegovics speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the Latvian Embassy in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014. Pildegovics praised Japan's "proactive pacifism" strategy and pledged to put relations with Japan on the table when his country leads the Council of the European Union next year (Kyodo)