Latvia’s Minister of Defense Artis Pabriks paid a visit to a production center for Turkey’s armed drones near Ankara, Ahval reports.
Pabriks visited the centre, which is owned by Baykar, and met with company representatives that included its chief executive Haluk Bayraktar.
Pabriks’ visit has prompted speculation that Latvia may be the next NATO and European Union (EU) member state to purchase drones from Turkey, following Poland.
There has been no official announcement from Latvia that is preparing to purchase armed drones from Turkey but following his visit to the Baykar centre, Pabriks wrote on Facebook that it was in Latvia’s national interest to deepen defence cooperation with Turkey.
