jubljana, November 10 (STA) - Slovenian President Milan Kučan and his wife Štefka held a farewell dinner for Vaclav Havel, the President of the Czech Republic, and his wife Olga on Wednesday. Kučan remembered the time when Slovenia had been in the process of gaining independence, and stressed that the former Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, headed by Havel, had been a "reliable and understanding friend".***

Ljubljana, 10 November - KUČAN: FORMER CSFR WAS SEEN AS RELIABLE AND UNDERSTANDING FRIEND OF SLOVENIA=
        "All this - the cultural and spiritual similarities between the two nations, their similar historic experience, the similar way and time of the formation of both states, the mutual economic links, their geographical and political position in central Europe and their desire to be included in the present European currents, as well as their attempts at finding their place in the international community - all this presents a challenge, as well as a wide basis for the development of a wide-ranging cooperation between the two states," said Kučan.