Echoing the sentiments expressed by US officials, the NATO chief added that the EU "has just now taken on something very substantial on its plate, and I think that we need to take a long hard look at what would be a much more complicated operation than the one we're doing in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia before we actually move towards it, but there's still plenty of time available to do that."
Odražavajući stavove koje su izneli američki zvaničnici, generalni sekretar NATO-a je dodao da je EU «upravo sada stavila vrlo značajnu temu na dnevni red i mislim da bi pre nego što krenemo tim putem morali vrlo pažljivo da razmotrimo nešto što predstavlja mnogo komplikovaniju operaciju od one koju obavljamo u Bivšoj Jugoslovenskoj Republici Makedoniji, ali ostalo je još dosta vremena da to učinimo».