Jeremić visits Bulgaria, urges Kosovo compromise

Bulgarian and Serbian foreign ministers, Ivailo Kalfin and Vuk Jeremic met in Sofia on Friday. The two foreign policy chiefs agreed that a solution for the future status of Kosovo had to be the result of a compromise and widest possible consensus between the two sides. Jeremic visits Bulgaria, urges Kosovo compromise Bulgaria insists on a solution for Kosovo that should be based on international law and UN resolution. Bulgaria will continue to work on the creation of an atmosphere that would lead to a mutually acceptable solution based on the widest possible consensus, Kalfin told a joint news conference. He stressed the importance of the ongoing negotiations under the auspices of the international Troika and stressed that the dialogue had remained possible "owing to the constructive approach of the Serbian government". Jeremic said that, rather than making it more difficult, the solution for Kosovo must enable the speediest possible integration of the region in the European Union. Any imposed solution, especially if unilateral, would considerably slow down the process and make it more difficult, Jeremic said and added that everything must be done in order to find a mutually acceptable solution. Jeremic said that it was extremely important that the future status of Kosovo was negotiated again, despite the fact that "some were saying that there was no point in having further negotiations because the future status had already been determined." "I will invite all sides once again to jointly work on the achievement of a solution that would be the result of the widest possible consensus," Jeremic said. He added that an imposed solution would represent a "dangerous precedent" which would destabilize not just Serbia and the Balkans, but the entire world. Jeremic said that the plan which Serbia had presented at the Thursday meeting in Vienna represented a "very generous offer" because it envisioned "the widest possible autonomy, one that Kosovo did not have even under the 1974 Constitution." The two ministers agreed that the level of Serbian-Bulgarian relations "had never been higher" and urged their further development. At the end of Jeremic's visit to Bulgaria, the two ministers signed a joint statement on the priorities of bilateral relations.

Jeremić visits Bulgaria, urges Kosovo compromise

Bulgaria insists on a solution for Kosovo that should be based on international law and UN resolution.

Bulgaria will continue to work on the creation of an atmosphere that would lead to a mutually acceptable solution based on the widest possible consensus, Kalfin told a joint news conference.

He stressed the importance of the ongoing negotiations under the auspices of the international Troika and stressed that the dialogue had remained possible "owing to the constructive approach of the Serbian government".

Jeremić said that, rather than making it more difficult, the solution for Kosovo must enable the speediest possible integration of the region in the European Union.

Any imposed solution, especially if unilateral, would considerably slow down the process and make it more difficult, Jeremić said and added that everything must be done in order to find a mutually acceptable solution.

Jeremić said that it was extremely important that the future status of Kosovo was negotiated again, despite the fact that "some were saying that there was no point in having further negotiations because the future status had already been determined."

"I will invite all sides once again to jointly work on the achievement of a solution that would be the result of the widest possible consensus," Jeremić said.

He added that an imposed solution would represent a "dangerous precedent" which would destabilize not just Serbia and the Balkans, but the entire world.

Jeremić said that the plan which Serbia had presented at the Thursday meeting in Vienna represented a "very generous offer" because it envisioned "the widest possible autonomy, one that Kosovo did not have even under the 1974 Constitution."

The two ministers agreed that the level of Serbian-Bulgarian relations "had never been higher" and urged their further development.

At the end of Jeremić's visit to Bulgaria, the two ministers signed a joint statement on the priorities of bilateral relations.