State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Marek Eštok, participated in an informal discussion of Foreign Ministers of the European Union Member States on the emergency situation in the wider Middle East via videoconference today (16 April 2023). He endorsed the EU's united response, which must actively contribute to calming the situation following Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel, and stressed the need for a return to the peaceful settlement of disputes.
State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Marek Eštok, received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Norway to Slovakia Susan Eckey today (15 April 2024). The meeting between the representatives of the two countries, that are also allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, confirmed our good bilateral relations and opened the possibility for future cooperation.
Last year, the Slovak Republic participated in 16 foreign missions, operations and other international crisis management activities involving 460 members of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (AF SR), the Police Force of the Slovak Republic and civilian experts. The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic provided information about this in the Report on the activities of the Slovak Republic in international crisis management activities for the year 2023, which was taken note of by the Government of the Slovak Republic during its 26th session today (3 April 2024).
