Speaking for the current holders of the Presidency of the Union, Slovene Minister Dimitrij Rupel for the Council said that "the EU needs Serbia and Serbia needs the EU"; "The time has come for true dialogue between the Serbs and the Albanians in Kosovo, between Serbia and Kosovo, between Serbia and the EU".
Slovēnijas ārlietu ministrs Dimitrij Rupel ES Padomes vārdā uzsvēra, ka Eiropas Savienībai vajadzīga Serbija un Serbijai — Eiropas Savienība, aicinot veidot dialogu starp serbiem un albāņiem Kosovā, starp Serbiju un Kosovu un starp Serbiju un Eiropas Savienību.