Foreign Minister Rupel Meets Slovenes from Both Sides of the Slovene-Italian Border

Kobarid, 19 January - Slovene Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel on Saturday attended the 32nd New Year's meeting of Slovenes living in the Udine region and the Soca basin along the Slovene-Italian border, addressing the umbrella act on the protection of the Slovene minority in Italy, adopted last year, and the role of border co-operation in Slovenia's accession to the EU.