4. 12. 2020 Minister of Foreign Affairs Anže Logar is today attending the international video-conference Rome MED 2020 – Mediterranean Dialogues, held this year under the title Heal and Rebuild: A Positive Agenda for the EU in the Enlarged Mediterranean. The Minister took part in a panel session with the foreign ministers of Italy, Portugal, Croatia, and Greece. In his address, he stressed the importance of partnership between the European Union and neighbouring countries in the field of migration as well as green and digital transition, transport, and energy. Minister Dr Anže Logar | Author Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve At the panel session entitled Shared Prosperity and Migration, Minister Logar pointed out that this approach helps create new jobs, thus preventing brain drain and illegal migration. He went on to outline Slovenia’s experience with the 2015 and 2016 waves, when Slovenia shouldered part of the burden, while also receiving solidarity from others. He underlined Slovenia’s Central European and Mediterranean geopolitical identity as its comparative advantage and went on to present Slovenia’s activities in the Western Balkans to tackle migration issues and promote development. Minister Logar stressed the need to find an appropriate balance between solidarity and responsibility on migration and to understand the importance of protecting Europe’s external Schengen borders.