Latvian President Egils Levits will pay a working visit to Estonia on Friday to meet with President Alar Karis.
The Estonian Head of State will greet his Latvian counterpart in Otepää and together they will visit St. Mary's Lutheran Church. In 1884, the first blue-and-white flag was consecrated in the pastorate of Otepää Church. The presidents will see the bas-reliefs in Otepää Church and next to the church, which commemorate the story of the Estonian flag.
After the bilateral meeting, the presidents will head to Tartu, where they will visit the Tartu Town Hall and meet with Mayor Urmas Klaas. The Estonian and Latvian heads of state will visit the University of Tartu, where the Rector of the university, Toomas Asser, will greet them.
President Karis and President Levits will hold a joint press conference at the University of Tartu. After that, the heads of state will go together to the Estonian National Museum, where President Karis will give a tour of the museum to his colleague.
The President of Latvia also plans to visit the Baltic Defence College.
