FM Suggests Referendum Vote for or against Radicalism

Ljubljana, 1 June - Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar suggested at a debate Tuesday that the vote at the 6 June referendum on the border accord with Croatia was a vote for or against a "more radical Slovenia, which we have not known so far, a Slovenia that will blackmail another country and which opens border issues."

Ljubljana Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar says referendum a vote for or against a more radical Slovenia. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar says referendum a vote for or against a more radical Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Panel on border arbitration treaty featuring (left to right) former ambassador Jozef Kunic, Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar and international-law experts Vasilka Sancin and Metka Arah. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Panel on border arbitration treaty featuring (left to right) former ambassador Jozef Kunic, Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar and international-law experts Vasilka Sancin and Metka Arah.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar says referendum a vote for or against a more radical Slovenia. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar says referendum a vote for or against a more radical Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar says referendum a vote for or against a more radical Slovenia. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar says referendum a vote for or against a more radical Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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