Austrian President Van der Bellen Visited Slovenia

PeoplePoliticians ♦ Published: December 14, 2022; 23:25 ♦ (Vindobona)

Re-elected Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen traveled to Slovenia for an official visit with his counterpart Borut Pahor. Besides discussions around the common issues in Slovenian, Austrian and European politics, this visit was also a farewell meeting between "personal friends", as Pahor is leaving office.

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen (l.) and Slovenian President Borut Pahor (r.). / Picture: © Österreichische Präsidentschaftskanzlei / Peter Lechner/HBF

Slovenian President Borut Pahor received Alexander Van der Bellen with military honors at Congress Square in the center of Ljubljana. He gave the Federal President a welcome just as emphatically warm as during Alexander Van der Bellen's inaugural visit in 2017. This time, too, a group of kindergarten children came to Congress Square to wave Slovenian, Austrian and European…