Slovenian prime minister visits Ukraine

Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob paid an unannounced visit to Ukraine on 31 March, his first to the war-torn country. Talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal focused on Slovenia's potential participation in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine and the country's progress towards EU and NATO membership.

Golob told Zelensky that Slovenia was interested in participating in the recovery of Ukraine, especially Kharkiv province. Kharkiv and Slovenia's second largest city of Maribor have been twinned since 2012, and the building housing the Slovenian...