New Charge d'Affairs in the Russian Embassy in Ljubljana

Ljubljana, 16 October - "The contacts between Slovenia and the Russian Federation, at the highest levels, have on the highest level have been rare, but I hope that now they will be even more friendly," said Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel upon receiving the official presentation letter from the Russian Foreign Minister Andrej Kozirev. The letter was handed to him him today by the newly appointed charge d'affaires Jurij S. Girenko, who stressed his readiness to promote these relations.