(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 26 OTT - Today, Pope Francis held an audience with Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar. She then met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State to His Holiness, who was accompanied by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations. According to a statement from the Holy See Press Office, the "cordial" discussions at the Secretariat of State included appreciation for the existing positive bilateral relations as well as issues of common interest concerning the relationship between the Church and the State. "Attention was also given," the statement continues, "on various international issues, particularly the Western Balkans region, as well as conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East." (ANSA).