A declaration issued by the State President on 12 January 2005 on the subject of 9 May 2005 expressed this view: 'In June 1940 the Soviet Union invaded and occupied Latvia … I would also recall with great sadness the repeated Soviet occupation of my country … for Latvia the beginning of the end of the Second World War came many decades later, on 4 May 1990 … there must be no repetition of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, Yalta and the Potsdam Conference …'.
Valsts prezidentes 2005. gada 12. janvāra paziņojumā sakarā ar 2005. gada 9. maiju ir formulēta šāda nostādne: “1940. gada jūnijā Padomju Savienība iebruka un okupēja Latviju... …es arī pieminēšu ar lielām skumjām savas zemes atkārtoto padomju okupāciju...