Latvia's Baiba Braže attending Rubio-called conference in Washington, D.C.

"During the visit, the Minister will deliver a speech at a conference of foreign ministers organised by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The Minister will also hold several meetings with US officials and give interviews to international media outlets," said the release. Neither the subject of Braže's speech, nor indeed the main topic of the conference, were mentioned in the release. However, the conversational topics in Washington may be expected to include an extraordinary attack Rubio launched this week on the International Criminal Court (ICC) which he vowed to "dismantle" in a Washington Post opinion piece, an official Substack post and a related video. The International Criminal Court seeks to become the unaccountable arbiter of a new global law — empowered to prosecute and arrest our citizens at will and existentially threaten American sovereignty. We will teach the ICC the full meaning of American resolve.