BERLIN — High-stakes diplomacy isn’t the first thing one associates with Slovenia, but President Borut Pahor might be about to change that.
With a Slovene-born first lady in the U.S. and close relations with both Moscow and Berlin, the leader of the small Alpine nation is maneuvering his country to play a bigger role on the world stage.
That ambition faced its first test this week as Pahor shuttled between Berlin, where he met with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday, and Moscow, where he was due to arrive Friday.
His goal: to cajole Russian leader Vladimir Putin into endorsing a ceasefire in eastern …read more
Source: European Voice
