On 15 April, Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins and the Charge d'Affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Latvia, Bruce Rogers, will sign a protocol to exchange ratification instruments regarding the Treaty on Extradition between the Republic of Latvia and the United States of America. This formal protocol signing is the conclusion of a series of internal procedures that have been carried out so that the 7 December, 2005 Treaty on Extradition between Latvia and the U.S. can come into force, and which envisages a clearer sequence of events in the extradition of persons in the event that they have committed an offence under the laws of either country. The new treaty also clearly defines conditions which may not be used as a reason for declining any extradition, for example, a person's citizenship is not a sufficient defence against extradition. The treaty also defines those conditions under which a country may decline a request for extradition. The treaty identifies clearly those crimes for which extradition is allowed.
With the coming into force of this new Treaty on Extradition between the Republic of Latvia and the United States of America, the earlier treaties on extradition of 16 October, 1923 and the additional treaty of 10 October, 1934 lose their validity. The Treaty on Extradition between Latvia and the U.S. has been signed, on the basis of the 2003 Treaty on Extradition between the European Union and the United States of America.
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