Putin's Visit Sees Slovenia, Russia Bolster Ties

Brdo pri Kranju, 22 March - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited Slovenia on Tuesday in what was billed as a new chapter in bilateral relations. Energy was in the focus as an accord on a joint venture in charge of building the Slovenian section of the South Stream gas pipeline was signed, but the two countries are also seeking to expand ties in other fields.

Brdo pri Kranju, Kongresni center Brdo.
Obisk ruskega predsednika vlade Vladimirja Vladimiroviča Putina v Sloveniji.
Podpis sporazuma med družbenikoma Geoplin plinovodi in OAO Gazprom o ustanovitvi skupne družbe.
Predsednik upravnega odbora družbe OAO Gazprom Aleksej Miller in predsednik uprave družbe Geoplin plinovodi Marjan Eberlinc.
Foto: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian PM Borut Pahor (right) greets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin upon arrival in Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) shaking hands with his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor during a visit to Slovenia.
Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) shaking hands with his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor during a visit to Slovenia.
Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) shaking hands with his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor during a visit to Slovenia.
Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor during Putin's visit to Slovenia.
Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju, Kongresni center Brdo.
Obisk ruskega predsednika vlade Vladimirja Vladimiroviča Putina v Sloveniji.
Podpis memorandum o soglasju med ministrstvom za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano in ruskim ministrstvom za kmetijstvo o sodelovanju v kmetijstvu.
Ruska ministrica za kmetijstvo Elena Borisovna Skrinnik in minister za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano Dejan Židan.
Foto: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian PM Borut Pahor (left) greets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin upon arrival in Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian PM Borut Pahor receives his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin with a guard of honour upon his arrival in Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju, Grad Brdo.
Obisk ruskega predsednika vlade Vladimirja Vladimiroviča Putina v Sloveniji.
Pogovor na štiri oči ruskega predsednika vlade Vladimirja Putina in predsednika vlade Boruta Pahorja.
Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor shake hands before holding talks as part of Putin's visit to Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor sit down for talks as part of Putin's visit to Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor sit down for talks as part of Putin's visit to Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor sit down for talks as part of Putin's visit to Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor sit down for talks as part of Putin's visit to Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) meets his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor during a visit to Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor sit down for talks as part of Putin's visit to Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor sit down for talks as part of Putin's visit to Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor sit down for talks as part of Putin's visit to Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor sit down for talks as part of Putin's visit to Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (right) is received with military honours as he starts his Slovenia visit by meeting counterpart Borut Pahor.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (pictured) is received with military honours as he starts his Slovenia visit by meeting counterpart Borut Pahor.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) is received with military honours as he starts his Slovenia visit by meeting counterpart Borut Pahor.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju, Grad Brdo.
Obisk ruskega predsednika vlade Vladimirja Vladimiroviča Putina v Sloveniji.
Prihod ruskega predsednika vlade Vladimirja Putina pred Grad Brdo, kjer ga je pozdravi predsednik vlade Borut Pahor. Sprejem z vojaškimi častmi.
Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) is received with military honours as he starts his Slovenia visit by meeting counterpart Borut Pahor.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) is received with military honours as he starts his Slovenia visit by meeting counterpart Borut Pahor.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) is received with military honours as he starts his Slovenia visit by meeting counterpart Borut Pahor.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin and Slovenian President Borut Pahor.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju, Grad Brdo.
Obisk ruskega predsednika vlade Vladimirja Vladimiroviča Putina v Sloveniji.
Prihod ruskega predsednika vlade Vladimirja Putina pred Grad Brdo, kjer ga je pozdravi predsednik vlade Borut Pahor.
Sprejem z vojaškimi častmi.
Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) is received with military honours as he starts his Slovenia visit by meeting counterpart Borut Pahor.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju, Grad Brdo.
Obisk ruskega predsednika vlade Vladimirja Vladimiroviča Putina v Sloveniji.
Prihod ruskega predsednika vlade Vladimirja Putina pred Grad Brdo, kjer ga je pozdravi predsednik vlade Borut Pahor. Sprejem z vojaškimi častmi.
Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (right) is received with military honours as he starts his Slovenia visit by meeting counterpart Borut Pahor.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Russian PM Vladimir Putin (left) is received with military honours as he starts his Slovenia visit by meeting counterpart Borut Pahor.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

The rest of this news item is available to subscribers.
The news item consists of 3.244 characters (without spaces) or 613 words words.

Buy the news item. Price: 2 tokens; on account: 0 tokens.

sm/zm
© STA, 2011