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During the meeting in Washington, D.C., both diplomats agreed that economic and geopolitical considerations are equally important in the context of the agreement on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), since this will strengthen the link between the world's largest economies – the European Union and the United States of America.

Both diplomats also reviewed the two TTIP negotiation rounds that took place during the Latvian Presidency of the EU Council, noting Latvia's support for further progress in the coming tenth round of talks planned for July in Brussels.

During the meetings with U.S. officials and members of research institutes, Kalnina-Lukasevica talked about benefits that will come from forging closer cooperation between European and U.S. legislators.

The Foreign Ministry informed LETA that during the visit, the ministry's parliamentary secretary met also with Wendela Moore, the Director of the Office of European Union Regional Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, as well as with the researchers from the John Hopkins University, the Center for Transatlantic Relations, the Center for Strategic International Studies, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and the European Institute.