Dutch Development Co-operation Minister Bert Koenders spoke at the Slovakia and Development Aid - Challenges and Experiences conference in Bratislava on Wednesday, January 28, during a one-day visit to Slovakia.
The TASR newswire reported that Koenders also raised the subject of development aid at a meeting with Slovakia's new foreign affairs minister, Miroslav Lajčák, with whom he spoke about co-operation with his country in Afghanistan. Lajčák, who is still the international community's High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, assured him that Slovakia's participation in the NATO-led ISAF mission and civil and reconstruction activities in Afghanistan remains a priority of the country's foreign policy.
Koenders also met Slovak Foreign Ministry State Secretary Oľga Algayerová, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Miroslav Číž and Foreign Committee MPs. TASR
Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská from press reports
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