President Borut Pahor is hosting his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinistö. Finnish President met Prime Minister Marjan Šarec and Speaker Dejan Židan and debated a climate change issues with secondary school students in Kranj. The officials talked about bilateral relations between Finland and Slovenia, the Presidents will discuss topics such as security policy and the future of Europe.
President Pahor and President Niinistö expressed a mutual interest in further developing and deepening comprehensive cooperation between two countries and they they agreed to emphasis opportunities in order to strengthen economic relations, especially in the fields of high technology, digitization, cyber security and artificial intelligence.
On Friday, 24 May, Presidents Niinistö and Pahor will visit an ecovillage Suha pri Predosljah and unveil a Finnish-Slovenian bench of friendship in Planica.
Presidents Niinistö and Pahor met previously in February 2019 in conjunction with the Munich Security Conference. The previous presidential visit from Finland to Slovenia took place in 2005 when President Tarja Halonen visited the country.
Source/photos: Office of Slovenian and Finnish President