LJUBLJANA, Aug 29 (Hina) - Slovene Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel saidat a meeting with US Senator Tom Harkin in Ljubljana on Monday thatSlovenia was in favour of the EU opening membership talks with Croatiaas soon as
possible.
LJUBLJANA, Aug 29 (Hina) - Slovene Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel
said at a meeting with US Senator Tom Harkin in Ljubljana on Monday that
Slovenia was in favour of the EU opening membership talks with Croatia as soon
as possible. The Slovene Foreign Ministry said in a statement that
Rupel described the relations between Ljubljana and Washington as fruitful and
friendly. Apart from NATO and Iraq, the two officials also discussed the EU
enlargement, the ministry said.
Minister Rupel stressed the importance of the European prospect of
South-East European countries and supported the start of Croatia's accession
talks with the EU.