Israel and Iran in Slovakia’s Foreign Policy
This article analyzes the role and place of the State of Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran in the foreign policy of the Slovak Republic. The author focuses on the political and economic aspects. Within the framework of the political dimension, the current state of bilateral Slovak-Israeli and Slovak-Iranian relations is determined. In addition, the foreign policy positions of the Slovak Republic on topical issues and problems directly relating to the State of Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the status of Jerusalem, the Iranian nuclear program, etc., are considered. In the framework of the economic dimension, the current state of trade and economic relations of Slovakia with Iran and Israel is studied in detail. Foreign trade (including export, import and their commodity structure), which is an important element of development, and at the same time an indicator of the level of bilateral economic relations of the Slovak Republic with the above states, is considered in detail. The article also identifies promising areas of mutual Slovak-Israeli and Slovak-Iranian cooperation. The analysis is based not only on important documents and sources of the central state authorities of Slovakia, first of all, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic, Slovak diplomatic missions in the State of Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran, but also on the quotes of its high political representatives.