Presentation of the Chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
Presentation of the Chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic

Summary/Abstract: Last year was no less an extraordinary and groundbreaking one for the National Council of the Slovak Republic in the area of foreign policy than it was for our Government. It was the year for the intensive final effort in the realisation of two basic strategic goals for our foreign policy. The entry of the Slovak Republic into the North Atlantic Alliance and European Union represent a symbolic completion after an era of transition from totalitarian governed society to democracy, integrated both internally and externally. Realisation of these two vitally important goals means a new dimension for our foreign policy and also provides confirmation of important changes in the sphere of internal politics. Our legal system, our economy and our security structures are becoming part of a wider unit. This is the conclusion of a long-term, often dramatically developing effort, and it is also verification of attaining the goal of democratic change. Even though there are some questions opened concerning the future development and realisation of our national interests, they spread on doubt about the success we have reached. They only represent a natural reality that everyday policy, which gained new sources and new impulses as a result of our European and Atlantic integration, must also continue under new conditions. It is unquestionable that these conditions are better than those under which we started 13 years ago.

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