The 15th annual Bled Strategic Forum, the biggest foreign policy get-together in Slovenia, will be held on Monday. A host of senior officials will be in Bled for debates that will focus on the future of the EU, regional cooperation in the bloc and security issues.
Prime Minister Janez Janša will host Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov, Croatia’s Andrej Plenković, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić for the leaders panel.
Janša will hold bilateral talk with all prime ministers who will attend the forum in person, as well as with Serbian President Vučić and Miroslav Lajčak, the EU’s special representative for the Belgrade-Prishtina dialogue, and Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief.
Foreign Minister Anže Logar will chair a foreign minister’s session with Croatia’s Gordan Grlić Radman, Czechia’s Tomaš Petriček, Hungary’s Peter Szijjarto, Poland’s new foreign minister Zbigniew Rau, and Slovakia’s Ivan Korčok.
This and other debates will focus on the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and the future of the EU. A special AmCham event will look into collaboration between businesses, state, civil society and academia in response to the new normal.