On September 2, 2014, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Chao, who was attending the second High-Level Symposium of Think Tanks of China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) in Slovenia, held political consultations with State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Igor Senčar of Slovenia. Both sides exchanged in-depth views on China-Slovenia relations, China-CEEC cooperation, China-EU relations and international and regional topics of common interests.