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This meeting, which is as part of strengthening bilateral political dialogue, “reviewed of the state of relations between the two countries, and ways to strengthen them in various areas of cooperation, notably energy, mining, pharmaceutical industry, higher education, scientific research, artificial intelligence and space technologies, as part of continuing the implementation of the joint declaration signed on 30 August 2024 in Ljubljana, by the foreign ministers of both countries.”

Regional and international issues of common interest were also discussed during these political consultations, particularly developments in the Middle East and Sahel as well as the Western Sahara issue, concluded the press release.

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