Cooperation in focus of foreign ministers' BSF debate on Covid-19 crisis

Bled, 31 August - The need for close cooperation, communication and the relaxing of restrictive EU state aid rules in the face of the global pandemic were in the centre of a panel debate featuring top foreign policy representatives from across the EU at the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) on Monday.

Bled The panel of foreign ministers the Bled Strategic Forum, featuring the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and the foreign ministers of Croatia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia and Hungary. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA.

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The panel of foreign ministers the Bled Strategic Forum, featuring the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and the foreign ministers of Croatia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia and Hungary.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA.

Slovenia, Bled. Foreign Ministers Session at the Bled Strategic Forum. Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office Michelle Müntefering participating via video link. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Slovenia, Bled.
Foreign Ministers Session at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office Michelle Müntefering participating via video link.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau pictured at the foreign ministers' session at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau pictured at the foreign ministers' session at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korčok pictured at the foreign ministers' session at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korčok pictured at the foreign ministers' session at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman pictured at the foreign ministers' session at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman pictured at the foreign ministers' session at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto speaks at the foreign ministers' session at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto speaks at the foreign ministers' session at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Czech Foreign Minister Tomaš Petriček at the foreign ministers' session at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Czech Foreign Minister Tomaš Petriček at the foreign ministers' session at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Czech Foreign Minister Tomaš Petriček speaks at the foreign ministers' session at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Czech Foreign Minister Tomaš Petriček speaks at the foreign ministers' session at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Slovenia, Bled. Foreign Ministers Session at the Bled Strategic Forum. From left to right: Polish FM Zbigniew Rau, Croatian FM Gordan Grlić Radman, Hungarian FM Péter Szijjártó, BBC Foreign Correspondent Bethany Bell, Slovenian FM Anže Logar, Czech FM Tomáš Petříček, Slovakian FM Ivan Korčok and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Slovenia, Bled.
Foreign Ministers Session at the Bled Strategic Forum.
From left to right: Polish FM Zbigniew Rau, Croatian FM Gordan Grlić Radman, Hungarian FM Péter Szijjártó, BBC Foreign Correspondent Bethany Bell, Slovenian FM Anže Logar, Czech FM Tomáš Petříček, Slovakian FM Ivan Korčok and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled The panel of foreign ministers the Bled Strategic Forum, featuring the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and the foreign ministers of Croatia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia and Hungary. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA.

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The panel of foreign ministers the Bled Strategic Forum, featuring the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and the foreign ministers of Croatia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia and Hungary.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA.

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