On February 25, 2005, His Holiness Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda met the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Janez Drnovsek, in Slovenia's capital Ljubljana. They spoke for more than one hour and exchanged views and discussed matters of World Peace, Ecology and mutual understanding between Religions and Cultures. They both expressed the need for Multi-Cultural and Multi-Religious tolerance and understanding in the world.