FM Rupel Takes a Few Days Off, Doesn't Go to Brussels Meeting on Iraq

Ljubljana, 18 February - Contrary to plans, Slovenia's Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel will not attend a meeting between top officials from 13 EU candidate countries and the EU troika to be held in Brussels on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry has said. As the ministry's spokesperson Natasa Prah told STA, Rupel did not go to Brussels, as he has taken a few-days leave.