Slovenian President Milan Ku an made a three-day visit to Latvia to promote bilateral ties and to discuss EU and NATO integration. Slovenia thanked Latvia for its support, noting that Latvia was the third country to recognise Slovenia's independence. Defence Minister irts Valdis Kristovskis travelled to France to discuss defence co-operation with his counterpart, Alain Richard, and other officials. The US State Department's Report on Human Rights was generally positive about Latvia but cited various problems, such as the administration of justice, prisons, treatment of women and others. A Saeima committee defeated proposed legislation to publish KGB files .
Opponents say it is biased and insufficient.
The OSCE mission in Latvia stated that it has no mandate to examine Russia's complaint about the war crimes case against Vasili Kononov. The genocide trial of Yevgeni Savenko began in the Kurzeme District Court . Savenko is accused of being a KGB operative during the Soviet occupation, being involved in over 60 repressions. Savenko plead not guilty, saying he was only following orders. Zemgale District Court began a hearing investigating the alleged KGB links of MP J nis damsons .