DUBLIN/LJUBLJANA, June 18 (Hina) - Slovene President Milan Kucan said in Dublin on Tuesday his country had experienced three wars in the past century and today lived on the border between the stable and unstable parts of Europe, which
he stated were divided by the strict Schengen regime.
DUBLIN/LJUBLJANA, June 18 (Hina) - Slovene President Milan Kucan
said in Dublin on Tuesday his country had experienced three wars in
the past century and today lived on the border between the stable
and unstable parts of Europe, which he stated were divided by the
strict Schengen regime. #L#
Slovenia's experience as central European country shows that a safe
and peaceful existence in the region is possible only if the region
shares the same values, Kucan said.
He was invited by the Irish government to attend a forum of
Ireland's political parties before the crucial second Irish
referendum on the ratification of a Nice accord on the expansion of
the European Union to include a dozen new members.
The Slovene president called on the Irish to vote for the accord
which he said would make the old continent more stable, prevent the
creation of more Europes, and reduce scepticism and negative
development in states aspiring to join the EU but still do not meet
its standards.
A united Europe could play a bigger role in the globalised world
than it does now, said Kucan.
In Dublin he also met senior Irish officials.
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