Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic

21.August

State Secretary Parízek Receives Ola Henrikson, Regional Director of IOM's Regional Office for the EU, EEA and NATO

State Secretary of the Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry Lukáš Parízek today (21 August 2019) received Ola Henrikson, the Regional Director of the IOM's Regional Office for the EU, European Economic Area (EEA) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The core topics of the talks were the global migration trends and especially the opportunities for solving the issues brought about by migration.

20.August

Lajčák Receives President of the Slovak Rectors’ Conference Šmid

Miroslav Lajčák, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, received today (20 August 2019) Marek Šmid, President of the Slovak Rectors’ Conference. The partners discussed the possible cooperation of the embassies of the Slovak Republic with Slovak universities and colleges and the Slovak Rectors’ Conference in their engagement in the call of the European University (EUN) in the Erasmus+ EU program.

19.August

Lajčák Receives the New US Ambassador

The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Miroslav Lajčák received today (19 August 2019) Bridget Brink, the new Ambassador of the USA, who presented him with copies of her credentials during the introductory meeting.

2.August

Declaration of MZVEZ on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

Concerning today’s declaration of the North Atlantic Council and also the EU Declaration on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty of 14 July 2019, the Slovak Republic together with NATO and the EU member states expresses disappointment at the fact that the Russian Federation has not, despite numerous diplomatic calls from NATO and the EU member states, used the past six months to take the actions that are necessary in order to preserve this key pillar of European security.

19.July

L. Parízek: “European Defense Capabilities are a Must”

Current defense initiatives in the European Union, and the strengthening of the cooperation with NATO, as well as EU missions and operations, these were the topics discussed by Lukáš Parízek, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic and Special Representative of the Minister for Slovakia’s OSCE Chairmanship, and General Claudio Graziano, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC). This was General Graziano’s first visit to Slovakia in his official capacity in this position. Previously he visited Slovakia as the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army.

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