70th anniversary of Primorsko reunification marked

Addressing the ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the return of the western region to Slovenia, Bervar said that, looking from today's perspective, the national liberation movement in WWII was the most credible referendum confirming that the people of Primorsko were part of the Slovenian nation.

The people of Primorsko won their freedom with their own rebellion, he said, adding that today the area was being integrated again within the common European space and is having its voice heard.

Slovenia regained the littoral region under the Paris Peace Treaty, which took effect in the night from 15 to 16 September 1947.

In line with the treaty, Italy returned the lands annexed after WWI to Yugoslavia, including around 4,000 square kilometres of what is now the western Slovenian region of Primorsko.

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