Statehood Day is not to be confused with Slovenia's Independence and Unity Day, which is celebrated each year on December 26 in honour of the 26 December 1990 official proclamation of the results of the plebiscite in which 88.5% of all Slovenian voters were in favor of Slovenia becoming a sovereign nation.
Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia at the same time, and also celebrates its Statehood Day on June 25. However, Croatia celebrates Independence Day on a different day, October 8.
President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to President Borut Pahor of the Republic of Slovenia on the occasion of Statehood Day. The President wished him, his country and its people well-being and prosperity.
"It gives me much pleasure to note that for more than two decades now Lithuania and Slovenia have continued the tradition of collaborative work on issues of importance to our nations and to the whole of Europe," the President wrote in her message of congratulations.
Dalia Grybauskaitė expressed her strong hope that their close bilateral dialogue of many years would develop further and that new initiatives in business, culture and other fields would bring the two countries and their people even closer together.
