The "non-deal related roadshows" will be organised by banks BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan Chase in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and London City.

Slovenia staged a similar roadshow last autumn, when it was locked out of euro debt markets by high interest rates and sought a dollar-denominated issue.

Just days afterwards, it issued a US$2.25bn 10-year bond.

Minister Čufer has said a similar plan was in the making now, but the situation is different than it was in autumn.

Slovenia is under even bigger pressure from financial markets as it was singled out in the aftermath of the Cyprus bailout as the next candidate for EU assistance.

The government has been rejecting the comparisons and announced a comprehensive set of measures, which it plans to present on 9 May as part of the national reform programme that it needs to submit to the EU.

Nevertheless, pressure from financial markets has subsided since Slovenia completed a EUR 1.1bn issue of 18-month treasury bills last week, twice the planned volume.

Yields on Slovenian bonds have since retreated from highs of 7%. In early morning trading on Monday the yield on Slovenia's 10-year bond due in 2021 was down 0.2 percentage points to 6.19%.