LJUBLJANA, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Slovenian Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec said Friday Croatia remained one of the most important trading partners for Slovenia despite some political issues such as boarder disputes, saying that it was not surprising that Croatia was the partner country of this year's trade fair.
Erjavec made the remarks when addressing the end of the International Trade Fair (MOS) in Celje, the industrial and commercial exhibition center in central Slovenia, according to the Slovenian Press Agency (STA).
From this aspect, the problems between the country's governments are not important, said the minister: "What is important is that business executives cooperate with each other and that the relations between the countries are very good in this field."
According to Erjavec, Croatia is Slovenia's strategic partner due to its proximity, and also because of the good cooperation between companies on both sides of the border, which opens new opportunities for boosting of ties.
"Croatia is the fourth most important partner to Slovenia and the country with most Slovenian foreign investments," Erjavec said.
"I would like to see cooperation between the countries to be as good at other levels, especially when we speak about mutual open issues," he added. Enditem
