 In 1929, Besednjak emigrated to Argentina, but already the following year he returned to Europe in order to work at the Congress of European National Minorities in Vienna, serving as its vice-president.Afterwards, he moved to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, settling in Belgrade.Throughout the interwar period, he remained a member of the Slovene People’s Party, supporting its centrist faction led by the Christian Democratic politician Andrej Gosar.