STA, 15 April 2019 - Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, will pay a visit to Slovenia on 14 and 15 May, the British Embassy announced on Monday. He will be hosted President Borut Pahor, who invited him to Slovenia during his last visit to London in February.
Pahor and the British prince will launch together the first Slovenia-UK Friendship Day - to be marked this year on 14 May, the embassy said on Facebook.
The day will be launched "in celebration of the history and future of the enduring friendship between the UK and Slovenia".
Further details of the visit programme will be announced in due course, according to the embassy.
Pahor invited the youngest of the four children of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Slovenia during his official visit to the UK to meet the queen at the end of February.
Pahor and Prince Edward talked about the Duke of Edinburgh's award for young people as part of the MEPI programme. The awards are annually conferred in Slovenia as well.
Prince Edward visited Slovenia with his wife Sophie in 2013. The pair took a stroll in Ljubljana and met with Pahor.
