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Slovenia offers to mediate between Trump, Putin

(28 Nov 2016) As Melania Trump prepares to move into the White House, the future US first lady's native Slovenia is offering to serve as a future mediator between her husband Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Slovenia's Prime Minister Miro Cerar said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday that the tiny Alpine state where Melania Trump was born and raised "could become a bridge between the two superpowers," which have been at odds over a number of issues. Although a member of the European Union and abiding by the bloc's sanctions against the Kremlin for its role in undermining Ukraine, Slovenia has maintained warm relations with Slavic ally, Russia. Putin has twice visited Slovenia on rare visits by the Russian leader to Western states. During the US presidential campaign, Trump and Putin expressed respect for each other. "If the United States and Russia give some initiative in this way, Slovenia could of course become a bridge between the two superpowers," Cerar said. "We proved that we are quite capable of organising such meetings." In June 2001, former US President George W. Bush and Putin had their first face-to-face meeting in Slovenia to explore the possibility of compromise on US missile defence plans that Moscow had bitterly opposed. Born Melanija Knavs, Melania Trump, 46, left Slovenia in her 20s to pursue an international modelling career. The last time she visited her native country was in July 2002, when she introduced Donald Trump to her parents at the lakeside Grand Hotel Toplice in the resort town of Bled two years before the couple's engagement. Cerar said he received a phone call from her last week. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...