Latvia's Russia party shows its true colours

Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis has ended the coalition talks with the Harmony Centre party representing the Russian minority declaring that he wants to form a government with other partners instead. It was nonetheless a sensible step to hold talks with Harmony Centre, the daily Latvijas Avīze comments: "Dombrovskis explained that a prerequisite for cooperation was agreement on certain fundamental issues such as the Latvian language's status as the official language, acknowledgement of the [Soviet] occupation of the country and defining relations with Russia. In doing so he was forcing Harmony Centre to finally take a stance after its evasive reactions during the election campaign. In answer the Harmony Centre party merely let it be known that in all probability it will not participate in government. ... Yet the answers to those questions would be of interest to many people in Latvia. If however Harmony Centre chooses not to give those answers, it has no place in government."

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