Pahor spoke about Slovenia's foreign policy at an event organised by the Club of Slovenian Ambassadors, the Slovenian International Relations Association and the International Centre for the Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE), and stressed he was presenting his personal views.

He mentioned the need to preserve and straighten friendships as well as Slovenia's presence on markets, especially in the neighbourhood.

The third task is related to developments in the EU, where Slovenia should closely follow the changes and strive to stay among the bloc's most developed countries "not at any price but almost at any price".

Task number four is preparing the ground for much closer cooperation in the region that made up the former Alps-Adriatic Working Community.

A related task, the fifth one, is actively continuing the Brdo Process initiative for countries in the Western Balkans, which was launched by Slovenia and Croatia.

The president meanwhile called for a more focused foreign policy, mentioning six anchors: Berlin-Paris, Washington, Moscow, Ankara, Tokyo and New Delhi.

Calling for a "revitalisation" of Slovenia's diplomatic service, which needs to be become flexible, Pahor said that while Slovenia was a country without the conventional power tools for enforcing its interests, it had "surpluses of ideas that could be given to the international community".

He feels a general "modernisation of Slovenian society and the state" is needed, "especially in education and healthcare".