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"text": "the Latvian military's inventory is limited and consists of a mixture of Soviet-era and more modern--mostly second-hand--European and US equipment; since 2010, it has received limited amounts of equipment from several European countries, Israel, and the US (2021)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; no conscription (abolished 2007) (2021)",
"note": "note - as of 2019, women comprised about 16% of the military's full-time personnel"
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; no conscription (abolished 2007) (2022)",
"note": "note(s) - in July 2022, the Latvian Government announced that it was reinstating mandatory military service for men aged 18-27 (women voluntarily) beginning in July 2023; service would be for 1 year in the Land Forces or alternatively in internal affairs, health, or welfare structures<br><br>- as of 2019, women comprised about 16% of the military's full-time personnel"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "130 Kosovo (KFOR/NATO) (2022)"
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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "34,259 (Ukraine) (as of 28 June 2022)"
"text": "34,201 (Ukraine) (as of 5 July 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "209,168 (mid-year 2021); note - individuals who were Latvian citizens prior to the 1940 Soviet occupation and their descendants were recognized as Latvian citizens when the country's independence was restored in 1991; citizens of the former Soviet Union residing in Latvia who have neither Latvian nor other citizenship are considered non-citizens (officially there is no statelessness in Latvia) and are entitled to non-citizen passports; children born after Latvian independence to stateless parents are entitled to Latvian citizenship upon their parents' request; non-citizens cannot vote or hold certain government jobs and are exempt from military service but can travel visa-free in the EU under the Schengen accord like Latvian citizens; non-citizens can obtain naturalization if they have been permanent residents of Latvia for at least five years, pass tests in Latvian language and history, and know the words of the Latvian national anthem"