State Secretary Ivan Korčok in Paris

State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ivan Korčok visited the French capital on Tuesday to launch a series of commemorative events celebrating 100 years since the sovereign state of Czechoslovakia appeared. Korčok said: "A great event happened then. Thus, today, we can share the same rights, being equal partners sitting at one table, discussing the future of the European Union with France." Challenges for the future, European Parliamentary elections in 2019 and EU crises enduring throughout the last decade werealso on the agenda of the diplomatic meeting of Slovak and French diplomats.