Speaker
Peter GRK
Affliation
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovenia
Title
National Coordinator for Western Balkans
Session
[Special Session] Ambassadors’ Roundtable: The Global South as Partners for Peace and Prosperity

Biography

Peter Grk has been Secretary General of the Bled Strategic Forum since 2016. He is also the National Coordinator for the Western Balkans at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia.

With more than 20 years of experience in the diplomatic service, Peter Grk has held posts in Ankara, Copenhagen and Brussels. During Slovenia’s EU Presidency (2008), he served as Chair of the Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CIVCOM).

He was also posted to New York (2011) as Political Coordinator at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN and served as an advisor in the Cabinet of the Foreign Minister of Slovenia (2009 to 2011) and as Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Slovenia (2013 to 2014).

He holds a degree in political science.