European Parliament President Josep Borrell met President Janez Drnovsek, Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk and members of the parliamentary committees for EU affairs and foreign policy on the final day of his two-day visit to Slovenia on Tuesday.
The future of the EU, subsequent rounds of enlargement and cultural-civilisational aspects of the Union topped the agenda of talks with Drnovsek, the president's office said.
Borrell was reportedly interested in the president's position on the situation in Kosovo and Montenegro, and hailed his efforts towards a peace agreement for the Sudanese region of Darfur.
It is very important for a small country such as Slovenia to have projects with which it highlights global issues and helps solve them, Borrell was quoted as saying.
Borell was also received for a working lunch by Minister Bajuk, who outlined the development potentials of the Slovenian economy and its financial market, as well as the preparations for the euro changeover.
According to the Finance Ministry, Borrell was interested in the responsiveness of Slovenians to EU topics, while the pair also exchanged views on the necessity to carry out reforms in the EU.
The EU's current challenges meanwhile dominated Borrell's talks in the National Assembly alongside ways to bring the Union closer to the people and the role of parliaments in this process.
The Slovenian MPs meanwhile quizzed Borrell about the dilemmas of the EU's common foreign policy in terms of the bloc's relations to Muslim countries, and questions related to EU enlargement, according to the parliament's press release.
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