"At today's meeting we have not reached a solution which will resolve the border issue and unblock Croatia's (EU) negotiations as both sides have stuck to their positions," Jandrokovic said after his talks with Rehn and Zbogar which were held on the margins of a meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Before the EU ministerial conference, Commissioner Rehn also met representatives of the EU presidential troika - France, the Czech Republic and Sweden - to update them about the developments.
Commissioner Rehn has presented some of his creative ideas, however, we agreed on the continuation of the talks in the coming days in a bid to find a solution in the European spirit, in accordance with the European principles, before or during the European Council's summit meeting, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, Jandrokovic told the press.
Asked about the possibility of Slovenian and Croatian Prime Ministers Borut Pahor and Ivo Sanader meeting in the coming days, Jandrokovic answered: "We'll see. We have agreed that we will talk and in the coming days try to find a solution satisfactory to both countries".
According to diplomatic sources, at the talks with Rehn, the EU presidential troika gave unequivocal support for the continuation of Croatia's accession negotiations and urged for a solution to be found before the EU summit, which starts on Thursday afternoon.
Upon his arrival in Luxembourg this morning, Slovenia's Foreign Minister Zbogar said that he expected Rehn to bring to the table some new ideas for the resolution of the border row and the resumption of Croatia's EU entry talks.
According to European diplomatic sources, Rehn did not give a new proposal but adjusted his latest one without undermining its balance.
The latest compromise proposal by Rehn was fully accepted by Croatia in May, with Croatian officials saying that the proposal was presented as a take-it-or-leave-it offer.
The Slovenian side, however, forwarded amendments to it, which Zagreb finds to be unacceptable.
Slovenia insists on being allowed to have direct access to international waters in the northern Adriatic Sea which it shares with Croatia and Italy.
There are also disputable points on the land border regarding some hamlets in Istria.
Slovenia accuses Croatia of prejudging the outcome of the border demarcation in documents it forwarded to Brussels within negotiations on policy chapters. Therefore, Ljubljana has been blocking the opening and closing of some policy chapters within Croatia's EU membership talks for several months.