Borut Pahor

Speaking in a phone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan late Dec 15, U.S. President Barack Obama praised the role Turkey played in brokering a truce deal in Aleppo that paved the way for the evacuation of thousands of civilians from the besieged city. 

Common visions and seeking common solutions against the backdrop of growing uncertainty in the global arena were two main points highlighted by speakers at the opening, with PM Miro Cerar stressing that unless "we efficiently solve the problems of security and migration, we will not be able to focus our efforts on development issues like economy...and on our future as such".

US Vice-President Joe Biden has arrived in Croatia for a summit of the so-called "Brdo Brijuni Process", which opened on Wednesday in Zagreb.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic told to his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor that an admission of Kosovo-Metohija to UNESCO is "absolutely unacceptable".

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Thursday begins a two-day official visit to Slovenia, where he will meet with the country's top officials.

President Nikolic will on Thursday meet with Slovenian President Borut Pahor, Parliament Speaker Milan Brglez and Prime Minister Miro Cerar in Ljubljana, and then also with the mayor of the Slovenian capital, Zoran Jankovic.

Bosnian academics bestowed the honorary Isa-bey Ishakovic award, named after the 15th-century founder of Sarajevo, on Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic on Thursday to underline the importance of good relations between Bosnia and Croatia.

Vucic from Slovenia: "Serbia will accept a number of refugees"

One of the main topics discussed by regional leaders during the Bled Forum in Slovenia on Monday was the refugee crisis.

Speaking during the gathering, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said his country approached this problem "as if it were an EU member."

Croatian officials have responded angrily to claims made in a newspaper that judges on an arbitation panel concerning a territorial dispute between Croatia and Slovenia were ready to rule in Slovenia's favour.

A summit of regional leaders on Monday in Montenegro heard that the EU project is incomplete without the Western Balkans.

The EU accession process is not a technical but a political issue in which the specificities of each country must also be taken into account, it was further concluded.

President Tomislav Nikolic conferred with his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor on Wednesday about bilateral relations and improvement of economic cooperation.

According to Nikolic's office, the meeting in Belgrade also focused on "Slovenia's willingness to provide assistance to Serbia on its EU path."