Go to mediabankPresident of Latvia Egils Levits. File photoMOSCOW, Sep 9The President of Latvia in Kyiv presented Volodymyr Zelensky with the highest military award, the Order of Viestura, Zelensky's office reported. Earlier on Friday, Zelensky said that he had met in Kyiv with Latvian President Egils Levits and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. «Today, during a meeting in Kyiv, the President Latvia presented the head of the Ukrainian state with the highest military award of the Republic of Latvia — the Order of Viestura. The decision to award Volodymyr Zelensky for the heroic defense of his country, land, as well as for protecting the security of Europe was made by the Chapter of Orders of Latvia on March 1, 2022. Zelensky. According to the office, Zelensky, in turn, opened two new plaques on the Walk of Courage in Kyiv, one of which is dedicated to the President of Latvia Egils Levits, and the other to the Prime Minister of Poland Morawiecki, former Deputy Prime Minister Yaroslav Kaczynski, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiale and former Prime Minister of Slovenia Janez Janša. Previously, there was a a plaque with the name of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been unveiled. sid=»ap_photo» class=»lazyload» width=»1920″ height=»1080″ decoding=»async» sizes=»(min-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw» src=»https://cdnn21.img. ria.ru/images/07e6/03/1d/1780617889_0:124:3072:1851_1920x0_80_0_0_441b78315c15ab2cedd1d195ed2730dd.jpg» srcset=» data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%20.org//svg%22%20width=%221920%22%20height=%221080%22%3E%3C/svg%3E 100w «data-srcset=»https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/03 /1d/1780617889_0:124:3072:1851_640x0_80_0_0_50f4c8fd0910935c810d5d337e6f995b.jpg 640w,https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/03/1d/1780617889_0:124:3072:1851_1280x0_80_0_0_b90ef9cd68978e5f5c6fd6f0c47b7832.jpg 1280w,https://cdnn21 .img.ria.ru/images/07e6/03/1d/1780617889_0:124:3072:1851_1920x0_80_0_0_441b78315c15ab2cedd1d195ed2730dd.jpg 1920w Order of Yaroslav the Wise
