IFIMES PRESENTS SPECIAL AWARD »PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 2009« TO FOREIGN MINISTER ŽBOGAR

LJUBLJANA, 30 June 2010 - Today, the International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) will present a special award »Positive Personality of the year 2009 in the field of foreign policy« to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia Samuel Žbogar.

The award will be presented to Minister Žbogar by the Vice-President of the IFIMES Institute's Council and former U. S. Ambassador Victor Jackovich, who will be accompanied by IFIMES Directors Bakhatyar Aljaf and Zijad Bećirović.

The IFIMES International Institute decided to grant this award to Minister Žbogar already at the beginning of this year and the presentation ceremony took place today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia in Ljubljana.

The IFIMES International Institute will continue to present this award every year to the individuals and organisations who make the most outstanding contributions in the field of foreign policy.

Ljubljana, 30 June 2010