Logar, a senior Democrats (SDS) member, raised eyebrows with his statement that it was time to switch to silent diplomacy with Croatia, but he went on to reject concerns this translated into Slovenia gradually giving up on the arbitration decision.

The 43-year-old, who proposed appointing an envoy for Croatia, said silent merely meant that not all steps needed to be made before the eyes of the public.

He added that given that the rule of law would be among the priorities of Slovenia's EU presidency, Slovenia could hardly do anything else but insist the arbitration decision be implemented.

"I don't think there will be any major changes in the policy towards Croatia," he said, while simultaneously arguing all open issues would be resolved eventually and that new approaches would be needed given that those used so far have not been fruitful.

Moreover, Slovenia will also need to put its own house in order when it comes to the rule of law, he repeated several times.

Meanwhile, Logar remained vague when quizzed about the relations with Hungary given what the Left's Violeta Tomić called the SDS's entanglements with PM Viktor Orban, while he rejected the criticism the SDS - the leading party of the new coalition - had been leading its own foreign policy whilst in the opposition.

His response was that he was happy to hear the new opposition obviously planned to behave differently, which would be very helpful, since Slovenia would need unity in foreign policy as it presides the Council of the EU.

A boost to Slovenia's EU staff was also among the priorities listed by Logar, who highlighted the EU and NATO as strategic and key goals of Slovenia's foreign policy.

Thus, the plan is also to strengthen relations with the US, where Logar is also counting on the support of the current first lady Melania Trump.

The 43-year-old, who stressed the need to increase funding for the Foreign Ministry, moreover feels it would make sense to open embassies in Dublin, Stockholm and one of the Baltic countries.

Logar was also challenged on the topic of migration, telling Tomić the SDS was only against illegal migration. He labelled the topic "very sensitive", while he expressed strong support to Greece and Bulgaria, who are presently "defending the Schengen border".