Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša was recently received by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. Among other issues they discussed upgrading the Vatican agreement regulating relations between Slovenia and the Holy See.
The Slovenian prime minister also thanked Pope Leo for his efforts to promote peace and for providing moral guidance at a time when the old world order no longer exists and a new one has yet to emerge. Janša stated that Slovenia’s relations with the Vatican rest on solid foundations and that they are formalized through a bilateral agreement signed in 2001 and ratified in 2004.
Asked about the Pope’s views on European rearmament and his calls for disarmament, Janša said that the Pope “is certainly not an advocate of idealistic pacifism, but neither is he a supporter of reckless rearmament.”
“He sees the world as it is and works to make it the way we would like it to be,” he said. Janša invited the Pope to visit Slovenia.
In the afternoon, the Slovenian PM also held a working meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Among other topics, they discussed border controls between both countries.
The last Slovenian prime minister to visit Italy was Robert Golob, who made a working visit to Rome in November 2023.
