Foreign Minister Žbogar meets US Secretary of States Hillary Clinton

On July 14, 2010, Foreign Minister Samuel Žbogar met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The main topic of their talks was the situation in the Western Balkans, especially in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Kosovo. The Secretary thanked Slovenia for its positive rule in solving open questions in the region and for its sincere and impartial efforts in helping the countries of the region on their ways to Euroatlantic integrations.

Secretary Clinton congratulated Slovenia for the conclusion of an arbitration agreement with Croatia and for the successful realization of the referendum which helped to establish new relations between the two countries.

During his two-day visit in United States, Minister Žbogar also met with Senators Amy Klobuchar, George Voinovich, and Jeanne Shaheen, representatives of the State Department, Pentagon, National Security Council, members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives as well as the representatives from various think-tanks based in and around Washington, DC. Today, Minister Žbogar presented a lecture with the title: ˝The Balkans at a Crossroads: Time to Move Forward With the European-Atlantic Agenda˝ at the Center for Transatlantic relations at the Johns Hopkins University.

Before coming to Washington, Minister Žbogar met in New York with Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon.