On je rekao kako je razgovarao s ministrima vodećih članica EU i da su mu oni pružili uvjeravanja da su spremni pomoći Srbiji "u ostvarivanju prioritetnog cilja -- dobivanje statusa kandidata za članstvo u EU do kraja 2009".
He said he has spoken with the ministers of leading EU members and they assured him they were ready to help Serbia "achieve the priority goal  become an EU membership candidate by the end of 2009".