"The visit is tied with a conspiratory agreement between ministers of the EU which wants to support pro-European forces in Serbia," Rupel told reporters after meeting Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic and Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, with whom he discussed the future status of Kosovo.
"We advocate finding solutions within the EU. We believe that the EU should speak with one voice regarding the future status of Kosovo, that it should be united and that every decision should be adopted by consensus," Rupel said nine days before the parliamentary elections in Serbia, after which the UN's chief negotiator for Kosovo's status, Martti Ahtisaari, is expected to make a final proposal for Kosovo's status.
Rupel added that between the will of the people of Kosovo and the people of Serbia, which has Kosovo within its borders, "a bridge should be found to meet the Albanians' request for self-determination and Serbia's request to preserve its territorial integrity".
The Slovene minister has warned on several occasions that with regard to the integration of the Western Balkans, the EU should see that the solution on Kosovo does not destabilise Serbia, and that Brussels needs to adopt a non-discriminating attitude to Serbia regarding its EU integration, as well as that talks on stabilisation and association with Belgrade should resume as soon as possible.
Speaking to Slovene Radio after the meetings in Belgrade, Rupel said that Slovenia would take the same position as the EU regarding Kosovo.
In a lecture at Belgrade's Faculty of Political Sciences, Rupel said that his country supported three well known principles: there can be no return to the situation before 1999, Kosovo's borders must not change, and it cannot join other countries.