On October 17-19 2022, the academic Ion Tiginyan, President of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, payed a visit in Riga. On Monday, October 17, the Moldovan delegation, including the Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to the Republic of Latvia Andrian Roșa, visited the Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS) where it was welcomed by the president of Latvian Academy of Sciences Prof. Ivars Kalviņš as well as representatives of the LAS administration.

The signing of the Scientific Cooperation Agreement between the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and the Latvian Academy of Sciences, which will provide a solid platform for joining the efforts of the scientific communities of the both  states for development in various fields of cooperation, took place in the conclusion of the meeting.

On Tuesday, October 18, the academic Ion Tiginyan attended the meeting of the LAS Senate and delivered a comprehesive lecture on the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, its structure, history and the current activities.

Also, on October 18, the President of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova Professor of the Technical University of Moldova, Ion Tiginyan visited the Institute of Solid State Physics of the University of Latvia. Prof. Tiginyan delivered an academic lectures and met with the management of the Institute, had a discussion with the scientists and visited research laboratories.