The ruling coalition expressed surprise at President Nataša Pirc Musar's decision to nominate former Prime Minister Anton Rop as the candidate for the next governor of Slovenia's central bank because they backed Finance Ministry State Secretary Saša Jazbec as the candidate.

President Nataša Pirc Musar sent to parliament on Wednesday a proposal for former finance minister and PM Anton Rop to be appointed the next governor of Bank of Slovenia to succeed Boštjan Vasle in January. Rop has the most experience of all the candidates and is the most suitable candidate, her office said in a press release.

Slovenia is an advocate of stronger international cooperation on waters, due to its experience with natural disasters and because such cooperation is instrumental to peace, Minister of Natural Resources Jože Novak said as parties to the UN Waters Convention started a multi-day meeting in Ljubljana on Wednesday.