Slovakia ends its V4 Presidency

The end of June marks the end of Slovakia's yearlong presidency of the Visegrad Four group (V4: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). In hindsight, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák is convinced it was an extremely dynamic term, fully in the spirit of presidency's motto "Dynamic Visegrad for Europe and the World." During this period, some 140 events associating both politicians and experts were organised, three of which were summits of Presidents and Prime Ministers. "It is with great pride that I observe that the significance of the V4 is growing also in the eyes of European and global partners, who demonstrate rising interest in talks held in the successful V4+ format," said Lajčák. During its year-long Slovak Presidency, the V4 followed up on inter-regional dialogue with countries of the Western Balkans, the Eastern Partnership, Scandinavia and Baltic states. It is the Czech Republic that will assume the V4 Presidency as of July 1.