Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja is on Monday beginning a two-day state visit to the Republic of Slovenia. On Thursday they will pay a state visit to the Republic of Croatia.
In both countries the Norwegian Royals will meet with state and political leaders and visit historical sites.
With them is also a Norwegian industrial delegation, and both countries have expressed interest in Norwegian know-how in the fields of evironment, energy and defence industry, as well as mapping and tunnelling tecchnology, Aftenposten reports.
Political cooperation between Norway and the two states is also high on the agenda during the visits, the papper writes.
(Aftenposten)
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