NEWS

14. 6. 2013

Prime Minister receives the President of Estonia

Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Alenka Bratušek, today received the President of the Republic of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves. Ms Bratušek and Mr IIves assessed bilateral relations as good and friendly, with the two countries sharing many common views, in particular within the European Union. Ms Bratušek stressed that dialogue and cooperation between Slovenia and Estonia should be further pursued and extended to different areas. Mr Ilves was also interested to know the current economic situation in Slovenia. In this regard, he outlined, in brief, the very positive experience of Estonia with the privatisation process. Ms Bratušek and Mr Ilves agreed that bilateral cooperation could be beneficial, especially in exchange of experience in taking measures to overcome the effects of the economic and financial crisis in small countries, like Estonia and Slovenia.