... and Marko Makovec, Deputy Managing Director for Western Europe, Western Balkans, Turkey and the UK at the European External Action Service.
On the part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in the Russian Federation, the speakers and participants included: Bogdan Batic, Deputy-Director for Common Foreign and Security Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia; Peter Grk, Coordinator for the Western Balkans at the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Secretary-General of Bled Strategic Forum and Western Balkans; Berta Mrak, Head Department for Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, Central Asia and the Arctic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia; ...
... in the Balkans and minimize risks both within and beyond the region. At the same time, it will make it possible to turn the Balkans from the everlasting “apple of discord” into a well-built platform for cooperation, and, if successful, into an instrument ... ... heritage problems, formation of a permanent "Balkan Council" is a top priority. It would include representatives of Russia, the US, Great Britain, Turkey, France, Italy, Slovenia and Germany as international observers, with mediation on the part of the EU and the UN, and also envoys of all the Western ...
... there is an agreement on
Macedonia’s joining the South Stream Project
. Promising fields of investment include agriculture, light industry, and religious tourism (Ohrid region). Given the country's prime location at the crossroads of the southern Balkans near Italy, Turkey and the North African coast, the development of a railway or air hub in Skopje would seem viable.
Potential Partners
Slovenia
Lukoil.ru
Pharmaceutical plant Krka-Rus in the town of
Istra
By the end of 2011, Russian direct investment in Slovenia amounted to
90.7 million euros
. The
largest purchases
are the Russian company Koks’s 16.86 percent stake in the Slovenian metallurgical holding SIJ and a Russian investor’s majority stake in the tourism ...
