Tag: Karl Erjavec

Slovenia ready to recognize the state of Palestine: minister

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AFP) — The Slovenian government hopes MPs will vote to recognize the Palestinian state and become only the second country to do so as an EU member-state, Slovenian Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec said Monday. “Everybody (other EU member-states) backs such a Slovenian step that will happen if parliament green lights the proposal for recognizing the Palestinian state,” Erjavec told private channel POP TV. The minister was speaking from Brussels, where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met […]