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The program of cooperation in the field of culture, education, science, sports and youth policy was signed by the head of the Russian government Dmitry Medvedev and his colleague from Slovenia Marjan Sarec, the website of the Government of Russia reports. Their meeting took place in the Moscow on September 10, during the official visit of Slovenian prime minister to Russia.
The program is designed for 2019–2021. In addition, the parties agreed on cooperation between the justice departments of the two countries over the next two years. A plan for working consultations between the Russian and Slovenian Foreign Ministries for the coming year was also approved, as well as a program of interaction between the authorities of Ljubljana and Moscow for 2019–2021.
The high-profile guest was very warmly welcomed in the Russian capital. Dmitry Medvedev emphasized that Slovenia was Russia’s close partner in the European Union, the two nations were connected by a common history and open, pragmatic relations in the present. The Russian prime minister gratefully remembered how well he was received in Slovenia in 2015, when he participated in a memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel in memory of Russian soldiers who died during the First World War. And a year later, in Ljubljana, President Vladimir Putin attended the unveiling of a monument to Soviet and Russian soldiers who fell in Slovenia in two world wars.
Our peoples honor the common history, and another manifestation of this memory will be the opening of a monument on Poklonnaya Gora in honor of the dead Slovenes, which is scheduled for September 10.
Moscow and Ljubljana manage to build a constructive dialogue on a solid historical foundation, the prime ministers emphasized. Both sides assured that they were ready for further negotiations, despite the difficult political situation.
Note that , on September 1 a delegation from Russia lit up the Eternal Flame brought from Moscow from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in a suburb of Ljubljana. The ceremony took place at the memorial dedicated to the soldiers of Russia and the USSR, who gave their lives in two world wars on Slovenian soil. It was timed to the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. The Russian Historical Society is sure that this event is of great importance. For the first time in several decades, the Eternal Flame was lit in a country that is part of the European Union and NATO.
The head of the upper house of the Slovenian parliament Alojz Kovšca noted that lighting a fire symbolizes the historical connection between the two countries.
Russkiy Mir
