Rupel: Some Want Pedagogical, Other Cordial Approach to Serbia

Brussels, 12 February - Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel believes the EU has reached a "quite sensitive chapter in relations with Serbia". "There are certain differences within the EU", while some countries advocate a "pedagogical" approach, others favour a more "intimate, cordial" attitude towards Serbia, Rupel said in Brussels on Monday.

Ljubljana, Brussels Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) talks to (left to right) Slovak FM Jan Kubis, Latvia's Artis Pabriks, Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Austrian FM Ursula Plassnik ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Ljubljana, Brussels
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) talks to (left to right) Slovak FM Jan Kubis, Latvia's Artis Pabriks, Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Austrian FM Ursula Plassnik ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Ljubljana, Brussels Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) talks to Slovak FM Jan Kubis (left) and Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Ljubljana, Brussels
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) talks to Slovak FM Jan Kubis (left) and Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Ljubljana, Brussels Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) talks to Austrian counterpart Ursula Plassnik (left) and Sweden's Carl Bildt (centre) ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Ljubljana, Brussels
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) talks to Austrian counterpart Ursula Plassnik (left) and Sweden's Carl Bildt (centre) ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Ljubljana, Brussels Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) talks to(left to right) Hungarian counterpart Kinga Goncz, Austria's Ursula Plassnik and Sweden's Carl Bildt ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Ljubljana, Brussels
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) talks to(left to right) Hungarian counterpart Kinga Goncz, Austria's Ursula Plassnik and Sweden's Carl Bildt ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Ljubljana, Brussels Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) talks to Austrian counterpart Ursula Plassnik (left) ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Ljubljana, Brussels
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) talks to Austrian counterpart Ursula Plassnik (left) ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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