President to visit Slovenia on May 23-24

President Sauli Niinistö will make an official visit to Slovenia on May 23 and 24, said a press release of the President office.

During the visit Niinistö and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor will hold a discussions in Ljubljana on May 23. In addition to bilateral relations between Finland and Slovenia, the Presidents will discuss topics such as security policy and the future of Europe.

Niinistö will also meet Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Šarec and Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia Dejan Židan as well as speak to local secondary school students with President Pahor in a climate change seminar.

On May 24, 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.