In 2005, he was appointed by the Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, as president of the Slovene-Croatian Historical Commission, formed by the Government of the two countries, to shed light on the history of the relations between them.
I 2005 blev han udvalgt af den udenlandske minister Dimitrij Rupel, som præsident for den Slovensk-Kroatiske kommission, etableret af de to landes regeringer for at gøre opmærksom på landenes historiske relationer.