| Towards noon, President Türk met the President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick. The Slovenian President presented the priorities of the Slovenian EU Presidency, particularly in the area of combating global warming and achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Mr Zoellick outlined the World Bank’s contribution to these efforts. He particularly emphasised the current problems caused by the rise in food prices, which significantly affect the achievement of development goals. He added that the World Bank was proposing a number of short-term measures to combat the phenomenon, such as increasing the funding for operations of the United Nations World Food Programme, as well as medium-term and long-term measures, to be discussed in the context of the United Nations. |