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Today (3 April 2024), the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Juraj Blanár, held talks with the British Foreign Secretary, David Cameron, on the first day of the meeting of the heads of diplomacy of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member states in Brussels. The partners discussed preparations for the Washington NATO summit with regards to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and also raised the issue of strengthening mutual cooperation in the economic field.

State Secretary of the Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry Rastislav Chovanec received Nigel Baker, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at the Foreign Affairs Ministry on 15 February 2024. The topic of the meeting was Slovak-British relations with an emphasis on their economic dimension and the situation in Ukraine.

On Thursday 25 January 2023, State Secretary of the Slovak Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Marek Eštok, welcomed Leo Docherty, Under-Secretary of State for Europe of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in Bratislava. The partners discussed strengthening mutual relations, while also expressing interest in developing cooperation in a number of areas, including the continuation of the strategic dialogue between Slovakia and the United Kingdom.

On 13 November 2023, the Government of the Slovak Republic approved its manifesto.

Concert. to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Slovak diplomacy – a gala event of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic took place in the Winter Riding Hall of Bratislava Castle on Thursday, 29 June 2023.

On 24 June, the Slovak Republic commemorates the Day of Remembrance and Respect to Victims of the Communist Regime - all those wrongly convicted and imprisoned between 1948 and 1989. On this date, 24 June 1954, a doctor, political prisoner and Catholic dissident Silvester Krčméry was unjustly convicted of alleged treason, after being tortured.