Still, the group reserved about a military intervention also feels that a quick response of the international community is urgent and is striving for an unblocking of the process in the UN Security Council and for appropriate measures by the Security Council.

Meanwhile, Europe's common security and defence policy was the main topic of the informal two-day meeting and was marked by the preparations for a debate on the policy by heads of states and governments planned for December 2013.

Slovenia sees the December European Council meeting as an opportunity to develop a joint security and defence policy on the basis of realistic and ambitious goals of the EU as a credible and autonomous security player.

It supports the setting up of a competitive and connected European defence industry and a single European defence market boosting the development of capabilities and defence programmes.