The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov Century will visit 8 July Slovenia to discuss, for example, the situation in Ukraine and prospects of construction of gas pipeline " South stream ", said the Department of information and press of the Russian Ministry of foreign Affairs.
" The parties will discuss key issues of trade and economic interaction. Russia is one of the major trade partners of Slovenia. The organization of this state are more than 60 subjects of the Russian Federation ", - stressed the Minister.
" Attach special importance to the expansion of the Russian investment presence in Slovenia, for example by doing it the privatization of state property. Russia, with own Hand, is open to inflows of Slovenian investments, for which he created a favorable rules. The increase in the volume of mutual investments is intended to help and implementation of the project " South stream " on the square in Slovenia. In this context, we c Ljubljana overall goal is to reach a junction, which allows the attendees of the " South stream " to fulfill its obligations under the concluded intergovernmental agreements, without violating the legal norms and directives of the EU in the energy sphere ", - have added in the Ministry of foreign Affairs.
As Expected, in Ljubljana Lavrov will meet with President of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, will hold dialogues with Acting Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of foreign Affairs of that state Carl Aravete." The upcoming talks will be a continuation of the intensively developing and trust of the Russian-Slovenian exchange of political views. It is expected the detailed exchange of opinions on a wide range of bilateral and international issues, " said foreign Ministry.
It is expected, for example, to discuss the issues of the settlement of the fall in Ukraine, the situation in the Balkans, in the Syrian Arab Republic, the middle East and North Africa, in Afghanistan, the problems of the Iranian nuclear weapons program.
during the visit the head of the Russian foreign Ministry will also take part in activities of the opening of the Museum-memorial on the site of the former Nazi concentration camp, in Maribor in memory Of the victims of the Soviet soldiers.
numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people with the government in Kiev has become the Donbass. About that, How is the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.
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