Foreign Minister Anže Logar held talks with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and several other cabinet members as he wrapped up his tour of the Gulf. Economic cooperation was in the focus, as was Slovenia’s bid to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. The ministers confirmed an interest …
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Foreign Minister Anže Logar and his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkevičs called for a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis and for the EU’s unity on the issue as they met in Ljubljana. Asked at a news conference how Slovenia could help Ukraine in the event of an attack, Logar said the country was coordinating activities …
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Slovenian Foreign Minister Anže Logar said that “we must do everything in our power, use all diplomatic means for a diplomatic solution to the dispute” between Russia and Ukraine, as he spoke to the press after a session of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday. Before the session, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep …
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Anže Logar met with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday in Washington, which was the third bilateral meeting at the level of foreign ministers over the last year and a half. The meeting was aimed at continuing the strategic dialogue between the two countries. In his talks with Secretary …
On the invitation of Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt, Minister Dr Anže Logar is paying an official visit to the Kingdom of Norway. Cooperation between Slovenia and Norway is excellent, and the ministers discussed opportunities for further widening and strengthening mutual collaboration. Minister Logar and Minister Huitfeldt expressed their satisfaction with the excellent …
On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Anže Logar gave his last speech in the role of the High Representative of the Council of Europe for Cooperation with the European Parliament, as the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union is coming to an end. On this occasion, Logar also said a few words about Slovenia’s …
Minister of Foreign Affairs Anže Logar met with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian in Paris yesterday. The main purpose of his visit to France was to outline the achievements of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and to discuss future work on the key European dossiers …
As a representative of the Slovenian EU presidency, Foreign Minister Anže Logar expressed strong support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) on behalf of the EU and its member states as he addressed via video call on Monday the 20th session of the assembly of states parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC. Logar …
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Anže Logar attended the Rome MED 2021 – Mediterranean Dialogues international conference, which is taking place in the Italian capital under this year’s title “Leveraging Transitions”. Minister Logar together with the Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares Bueno and Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman …
Following a two-day NATO ministerial, FM Anže Logar said the developments after the withdrawal from Afghanistan had come as a surprise and had brought up numerous risks that needed to be properly addressed. When planning future missions, goals should be laid out in advance according to regional characteristics, he noted. When it comes to the …
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“In the week of success, when the congratulations of European commissioners (including those who sharply criticised Slovenia in the past) flooded social networks (which is not exactly a habit), (few) MEPs with a striking anti-government ‘mallet’ Fajon/Grošelj/Joveva inveighed against Slovenia in a practically empty hall” said Foreign Minister Anže Logar. One week before the November session …
From 23 to 25 November, Minister Anže Logar attended the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg as Slovenia’s high representative for relations between the Council and the Parliament. On Tuesday 23 November, Minister Logar participated in the discussion on the situation in Belarus at its border with the EU. “The EU must remain united in …
