EFFECTIVE DEFENCE ONLY IN A SYSTEM OF COLLECTIVE DEFENCE AND SECURITY

Ljubljana, 11 April 2002


In talks held with General Ralston the President of the Republic underlined, inter alia, that after a few years of wandering about Slovenia now has a finalised concept for the Slovenian Army and that the implementation of that concept is in the right hands. The President also informed his interlocutor of the current discussions regarding the time frame for the professionalisation of the SA and for discontinuing the conscription system, as well as of the debate on NATO membership. The President and General Ralston gave statements after the talks.