All the 59 present deputies endorsed the government's position that the admission of Bulgaria and Romania into the EU would produce positive developments for Slovenia and the entire European bloc and have an impact on further stabilising the entire south-eastern part of Europe.
"We hope that the future admission of Bulgaria and Romania will be a good message and encouragement to countries in the western Balkans and their efforts to join the EU," said the chairman of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, Jozef Jerovsek.
Slovene Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel told the parliament that Ljubljana supported the start of Croatia's membership talks with the EU and that it was in favour ot negotiations with Serbia-Montenegro as part of efforts to stabilise the western Balkans,