Latvia's president says West must arm Ukraine to keep Russia from future global adventures

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Rinkēvičs said Iran is "very pleased to see this kind of development in the Middle East," and pointed to Tehran's supply of arms and other equipment to Russia for its fight in Ukraine.
51% : "Interestingly enough, at this point, the EU is more divided when it comes to the Middle East, rather than to Ukraine," he said in Thursday's interview.
50% : ""Also, I think that Iran is going to be more assertive," he said.
49% : Rinkēvičs, who is in New York to launch Latvia's bid for a U.N. Security Council seat in 2026-2027, announced in 2014 that he is gay and is one of Europe's few LGBTQ+ heads of state.
45% : "The EU has realized that we need more defense and military," he said.
44% : Rinkēvičs said the EU and NATO need to prepare for a long war in Ukraine.
44% : If people can accept a gay head of state, Rinkēvičs said, "then I believe that very quickly also they are going to be more inclusive, more open to the whole community.

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