Slovak foreign minister Jan Kubis is among the candidates to become the special UN envoy to coordinate operations in Afghanistan, Slovak daily Pravda reported on Thursday.
"Kubis is in play to become the UN's special envoy to Afghanistan," the paper reported, citing two unnamed sources in NATO and at the UN.
Slovak ministry of foreign affairs spokesman Jan Skoda told AFP he would not comment on the report.
Kubis, a former secretary general of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, faces competition for the post from candidates from Canada, the Netherlands and Norway, the paper added.
The European Union recently called for early agreement on a special UN envoy to coordinate operations in Afghanistan after Kabul rejected British candidate Paddy Ashdown.
European foreign affairs commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said this month that a number of names had been advanced to fill the post but refused to elaborate.
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