On Monday 23 January 2023 Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Rastislav Káčer attended the session of the Foreign Affairs Council of the EU in Brussels. The main discussion topics among the EU member states ministers included the ongoing aggression of Russia against Ukraine, the EU-Ukraine summit under preparation, as well as the developments in the region of Sahel and West Africa.
30 years ago, on 19 January 1993, the Slovak Republic joined the United Nations (UN), becoming its 180th member state. The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Rastislav Káčer, recalled that the UN welcomed Slovakia from the very start – a fact proven by the short time separating the country's establishment and its accession to the organisation.
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Rastislav Káčer, confirmed that Slovakia contributed almost 27,000 euro to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development to establish an analytical department for Ukraine at the beginning of January.
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Rastislav Káčer, welcomed the Joint Declaration between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU), signed today, 10 January 2023, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.