Austria Supports Early Negotiations between Slovenia and the EU

Ljubljana, 21 August - SLOVENIA/AUSTRIA/SCHUESSEL/THALER
Austria's Foreign Minister Wolfgang Schuessel replied to the letter by his Slovene counterpart Zoran Thaler, saying that Austria supported early negotiations with Slovenia in the period of Great Britain's presiding over the EU. Schuessl's answer was handed to Slovene State Secretary for foreign affairs Ivo Vajgl on Thursday by Karl Mueller, charge d'affairs at the Austrian Embassy in Ljubljana, the Slovene Foreign Ministry reported.