Bled Strategic Forum wraps up

The event featured around 1,200 participants from 60 countries, numbers that Logar said showed that it was "the largest and content-wise the strongest forum so far, exceeding the frameworks of the location in Slovenia and significantly expanding to areas in the region as well as the immediate and distant neighbourhood".

The forum featured fewer high-profile guests this year, which was expected given that Slovenia is currently between governments.

But Logar pointed out that "virtually the entire new government" was in Bled and used the opportunity for bilateral talks. Their presence also showed that "we can expect continued support for the BSF project in the future".

Outgoing Prime Minister Miro Cerar was in Bled, as was the incoming Prime Minister Marjan Šarec, outgoing Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec, the incumbent and future Economy Minister Zdravko Počivašek,...

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