LATVIA

Indo-Latvian Economic and Commercial Relations

The Republic of Latvia with a population of 2.6 million occupies an area of 64,600 square kilometers. It is located on the eastern shore of Baltic Sea and bounded by Estonia on the North, Lithuania on the south and Russia and Byelorussia on the east. The Parliament called 'Saeima' consists of 100 elected representatives from five electoral regions under proportional representational system by the Latvian citizens. The 'Saeima' is elected for a period of four years. Latvia is a multi-religious society where the predominant Church is the Evangelist Lutheran because of Latvia being in the German sphere of influence. The next biggest Church is Roman catholic. Other Christian churches like Latvian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Old believer Orthodox, etc. are also present.