Foreign relations of Latvia are the primary responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Today's Republic of Latvia regards itself as a continuation of the 1918–1940 republic. After the declaration on the restoration of its full independence on August 21,1991,Latvia became a member of the United Nations on September 17,1991,and is a signatory to a number of UN organizations and other international agreements. Latvia welcomes further cooperation and integration with NATO,European Union,OECD and other Western organizations. It also seeks more active participation in UN peacekeeping efforts worldwide.
The Slovak Republic has been a member of European Union since 2004. Slovakia has been an active participant in U.S.- and NATO-led military actions. There is a joint Czech-Slovak peacekeeping force in Kosovo. After the September 11,2001 Terrorist Attack on the United States,the government opened its airspace to coalition planes. In June 2002,Slovakia announced that they would send an engineering brigade to Afghanistan.
Ivan Gašparovič is a Slovak politician and lawyer who was the third president of Slovakia from 2004 to 2014. He was also the first and currently the only Slovak president to be re-elected.
Milan Hodža was a Slovak politician and journalist,serving from 1935 to 1938 as the prime minister of Czechoslovakia. As a proponent of regional integration,he was known for his attempts to establish a democratic federation of Central European states.
Ján Kubiš is a Slovak diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia from July 2006 until January 2009.
Miroslav Lajčák is a Slovak politician and diplomat,former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic. In addition,Lajčák also served as President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 72nd session from 2017 until 2018.
Štefan Osuský was an Austro-Hungarian born Slovak lawyer,diplomat,politician and university professor.
JUDr. Ing. Juraj Králik,CSc. was a Slovak diplomat and writer,who held the function of an advisor to the UN secretary general and contributed significantly to the development of Slovak folk dance.
Hungary and Slovakia are two neighboring countries in Central Europe. There are two major periods of official foreign relations between them in contemporary history. The first period included relations between the Kingdom of Hungary and the first Slovak Republic in 1939–1945. The second period started in 1993,when the countries again established diplomatic relations,the year when Slovakia became independent of Czechoslovakia. Hungary has an embassy in Bratislava and a general consulate in Košice,and in Nitra,and Slovakia has an embassy in Budapest and a general consulate in Békéscsaba.
Serbian-Slovak relations are foreign relations between Serbia and Slovakia. Both countries established direct diplomatic relations in 1993. Serbia has an embassy in Bratislava. Slovakia has an embassy in Belgrade. Slovakia is among the few NATO and EU members which have not recognized the independence of Kosovo. Also Serbia is an EU candidate and Slovakia is an EU member. Of all EU members,Slovakia is the one with the closest ties and the most positive relations with Serbia
Arnaud Danjean is a French politician and former civil servant who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2024. A member of The Republicans (LR),he was also elected a member of the Regional Council of Burgundy in 2010. He was elected to the newly-created Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comtéin 2015,holding a seat until his resignation in 2017.
Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia was enacted on Sunday,17 February 2008 by a unanimous vote of the Assembly of Kosovo. All 11 representatives of the Serb minority boycotted the proceedings. International reaction was mixed,and the international community continues to be divided on the issue of the international recognition of Kosovo. Slovakia's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence is one of non-recognition,but it has given indications that its stance could change in the future.
Jozef Šesták is a Slovak diplomat,expert on international negotiations in the field of foreign policy and diplomacy. His highest position:State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic. His highest diplomatic rank:Ambassador.
Ivan Štefanec is a Slovak politician and business manager,former member of the Slovak Parliament and current member of the European Parliament for Christian Democratic Movement.
Željana Zovko is a Bosnian and Croatian diplomat and politician. Since 2016,she has been serving as a member of the European Parliament from Croatia.
The nations of Mexico and Slovakia established diplomatic relations in 1993. Relations between both nations existed beginning in 1922 when Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia until its separation from the union in 1992.
Slovakia–Turkey relations are the foreign relations between Slovakia and Turkey. In 1993,Turkey was one of the first states to formally recognize both the Slovakia and Czech Republic as separate,and sovereign states after the dissolution. Diplomatic relations and the Turkish Embassy in Bratislava were established on January 4,1993. Slovakia has an embassy in Ankara and a consulate-general in Istanbul. Before the 1990s split,Turkey held close but also tense relations with Czechoslovakia,specifically during the Cold War due to NATO and the rest of Europe pushing and supporting anti-communist sentiment and approach for its members,such as Turkey,towards Eastern Bloc countries of which Czechoslovakia was a part of.
Relations between Czechoslovakia and the United States refer to two periods in Czechoslovakia's history. The first being the establishment of Czechoslovakia after its declaration of independence in 1918 from Austria-Hungary initiated by President Woodrow Wilson as part of his Fourteen Points following World War I. The second period being the communist era from 1948 when relations were strained,until 1992 when Czechoslovakia split forming the independent nations of the Czech Republic and Slovakia as a result of the 1989 Velvet Revolution.
