Slovakia’s Foreign Policy Towards The Western Balkans in 2006
Slovakia’s Foreign Policy Towards The Western Balkans in 2006

Summary/Abstract: The foreign policy of the Slovak Republic (SR) towards the Western Balkans in 2006 did not differ in its orientation from the previous year. Not even early parliamentary elections in June 2006 caused a drift in the direction of foreign policy towards the Western Balkans2 and the region, despite certain vagueness in the document Aims of foreign policy of the SR in 2006, remained one of the strategic priorities of foreign policy and Slovak development assistance. On the other hand, the year 2006 was a special period for foreign policy towards the region and Slovak diplomacy achieved a number of successes, the process of a declaration of independence by Montenegro, directed and controlled by Slovak diplomats, being the most significant of them. A phenomenon of priority focus on Serbia and Montenegro prevailed in 2006 in foreign policy towards the Western Balkans, despite some shifts in relations to other countries of the region. This trend was similarly as in the previous years balanced by strong support of the SR to Croatia in its EU accession negotiations process and as already mentioned above, this vector, though in lower intensity, was preserved also [...]

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