At the invitation of Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovakia Mikulaš Dzurinda, Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia Dr. Janez Drnovšek will take part at a conference entitled “New democracies: leadership and responsibility”, which will take place in Brataslava on 11 and 12 May 2001.

The purpose of the conference is the exchange of views and experiences between political decision makers and experts from Europe and North America about the development of events in the European and Euro-atlantic areas at the end of the cold war, and the development of democracy in countries in transition. The main aim of the conference is to cooperate in the creation of a vision of Europe in the 21st century. The conference provides the countries of Central and Eastern Europe with the opportunity directly to present their own vision of a new, freer and integrated Europe, in the building of which they wish to cooperate and share responsibility with their partners in the EU and Nato.