According to a press release from his office, the president is joining such actions to encourage people to contribute to solidarity in their environments.

Pahor also joined the young innovators at a Start-up Weekend event, encouraging them to follow their dreams regardless of how hard and impossible it may seem.

"Think differently and out of the box, and you will achieve the goals you have set for yourselves," the president stressed.

He said nothing was more important than creativity, as it is what builds up personality, and it is personality that allows people to create.

A group of secondary school students then presented their drafts for a prototype research submarine that would be able to reach the deepest point on the Earth's surface in the Mariana Trench, Pahor's office also wrote.