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Prime Minister Golob held several consultative talks before the extraordinary EU summit

by AI | 06.Mar 2025 | Europe in brief AI

Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob will represent the position at the EU leaders’ extraordinary summit on strengthening the defense capabilities of member states and further support for Ukraine, that Slovenia would direct part of the funds for defense and security towards the general resilience of the country to modern security challenges. Before the summit, he also talked with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob visited Ukraine in March 2023 and met with the national leadership as part of the Bucha Summit meeting. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana – Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob held several consultative talks on Wednesday as part of preparations for Thursday’s extraordinary EU summit in Brussels, where the main topic will be further aid to Ukraine. Golob will advocate at the summit for Slovenia to direct a portion of the funds intended for defense and security towards the country’s overall resilience to modern security challenges.

As part of preparations for the extraordinary EU summit, Golob spoke on Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who reported to the prime minister about a recent meeting of European and other leaders in London and announced the preparation of a peace plan for Ukraine in the coming weeks. Golob also held talks with some other European leaders, as stated by his office.

In Brussels, Golob will represent the position that Slovenia should direct a portion of funds intended for defense and security towards the country’s overall resilience to modern security challenges. This mainly involves dual-use, strengthening the domestic defense industry, cybersecurity, and infrastructure development, including the strengthening of the healthcare system, as reported by the prime minister’s office. They further added that Slovenia is a safe country, and its threat level is low.

Prime Minister Golob is attending an extraordinary EU leaders’ meeting, following a shift in US foreign policy and the freezing of US aid to Ukraine, to discuss further aid to Kyiv and how Europe can strengthen its defense capabilities. (March 5)