"As member states of the EU and neighbouring countries, we are firmly attached to the fulfilment of our common objectives of increased prosperity, stability and security in the area and the whole of Europe," Bulgaria's Nikolai Mladenov, Romania's Teodor Baconschi and Greece's Stavros Lambrinidis stated in a joint letter to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule and EU Regional Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn on October 10th.
„Kao zemlje članice EU i zemlje u susedstvu, vrlo smo privrženi ispunjavanju naših zajedničkih ciljeva većeg prosperiteta, stabilnosti i bezbednosti na ovom području i u celokupnoj Evropi“, navode bugarski ministar spoljnih poslova Nikolaj Mladenov, rumunski Teodor Bakonši i grčki Stavros Lambrinidis u pismu visokoj predstavnici EU za spoljnu politiku Ketrin Ešton, komesaru za proširenje EU Štefanu Fileu i komesaru EU za regionalnu politiku Johanesu Hanu upućenom 10. oktobra.