The speakers of the Russian and Slovenian parliaments have exchanged messages for the first time in four years, Russian Foreign Ministry Second European Department Director Yury Pilipson said in an interview with TASS. "In this regard, we note the exchange of messages between the speakers of the Russian and Slovenian parliaments - the first such exchange after a four-year hiatus that, we recall, arose at Ljubljana’s initiative," the diplomat said. "We should also bear in mind that setting Slovenia’s foreign policy falls within the remit of the country’s government. However, statements about us by Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Foreign Minister Tone Kajzer still reflect the anti-Russian doctrine of the European Union and NATO. Therefore, we should harbor no particular illusions about the swift restoration of normal relations with Ljubljana," the diplomat concluded.