Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and George V. Voinovich, Ohio's senator of Slovenian descent, discussed the issue of Kosovo, Slovenian EU presidency in the first half of 2008 and bilateral relations.
Addressing the press after the meeting, Rupel said the pair focused on Kosovo and the UN Security Council's activities relating to the issue. It is important that the EU and US remain united concerning the future status of the province, Rupel said.
Voinovich meanwhile said that he wished all the Balkan countries would enter NATO and the EU, adding that he would do anything in his power for stability of the region and for improvement in the living standard of people.
Voinovich, who is attending a conference on Islam in Ljubljana to become more familiar with its challenges, said that the current international situation could be referred to as the fourth world war, "the war against Islamic extremists, religious fanatics who have hijacked the Koran into making people believe that the way to heaven is by jihad against the US and other people who share our values."
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