On September 27, 2024 Razumkov Center, international public organization “Carpathian Platform” and the Public Council under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine held an expert discussion supported by the Hanns Seidel Foundation “Ukraine-Slovakia: present-day realities and prospects of partnership”.

During the discussion, the following topics were discussed:

• The state, problems and features of current relations between Ukraine and Slovakia
• European integration of Ukraine: the Slovak factor
• Specificity and prospects of partnership in the economic, trade, energy, socio-cultural spheres
• Kyiv-Bratislava: potential and opportunities of public diplomacy

Participants from Ukraine:

Yuriy Yakymenko — Razumkov Centre President;

Volodymyr Ohryzko — head of the Centre for Russian Studies, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in 2007–2009;

Mykhailo Pashkov — co-director of foreign policy and international security programmes at Razumkov Centre;

Serhiy Dzherzh — head of the Ukraine-NATO Civic League, head of the Public Council under the Ministry ofForeign Affairs of Ukraine;

Ihor Zhdanov — head of the Open Policy Foundation, ex-Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine (2014–2019);

Volodymyr Omelchenko — director of energy programmes at Razumkov Centre.

Participants from Slovakia:

Rostyslav Pyliaiev – Head of the international public organization “Carpathian Platform”;

Karel Hirman — former Minister of Economy of the Slovak Republic;

Alexander Duleba — ex-advisor to the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, head of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA);

Grigorij Mesežnikov — President of the Institute for Public Affairs (Bratislava);

Larisa Pyliaeva — expert of the international NGO “Carpathian Platform”;

Miroslav Kollár — Slovak politician, ex-member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic.

The expert discussion was broadcast on the Razumkov Centre website.