Slovene-Austrian Commission of Historians to Convene for Second Meeting on Thursday

Ljubljana, 27 February - The Austrian capital of Vienna is to host on Thursday the second meeting of the historical part of a Slovene-Austrian commission of historians and legal experts which was set up last year to examine Slovene-Austrian relations in the 20th century. The commission, which is also expected to present the first interim report, will be addressed by Slovene and Austrian Foreign Ministers Dimitrij Rupel and Benita Ferrero Waldner, both of whom are to outline their government's views on the 20th century relations between the two countries.