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Astana Times (25 February 2025)

The Council of the European Union (EU) appointed Eduards Stiprais as Central Asia’s new EU Special Representative (EUSR) on Feb. 24.

According to the council’s press service, Stiprais will take up his duties on March 1 for an initial two-year mandate, succeeding Terhi Hakala.

Stiprais, a Latvian diplomat, has served as Latvia’s Permanent Representative to the EU, Deputy State Secretary — political Director of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Head of the EU Delegation to Uzbekistan between 2016 and 2020. He has also been Latvia’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom and France.

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