Latvia becomes the first country in the Baltic Sea area on Friday to sign a memorandum of understanding to link up with China's Belt and Road Initiative, during Premier Li Keqiang's visit to the country. [Photo/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Kucinskis said Latvia is willing to become China’s reliable partner, support China’s Belt and Road initiative and promote pragmatic cooperation between the two nations to achieve mutual benefits and win-win results.

After the meeting, Premier Li and Kucinskis witnessed the signing of bilateral cooperation agreements in such areas as economy, trade, transportation and culture.