Brussels, 07/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - The EU troika which went to Serbia on Wednesday to try to convince the Serbs and the Kosovars to take a constructive role in negotiations on the proposals of Martti Ahtisaari, seemed able to agree to a delay in talks, initially planned to kick off in Vienna on 12 February. If the Serbs make an official request, the Europeans would be prepared to agree to a short postponement of the consultations, as long as this is not just a manoeuvre to gain more time, as Javier Solana said on Wednesday, before joining the German Foreign Affairs Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and the Commissioner with responsibility for Enlargement, Olli Rehn, for a meeting in the late afternoon with the President, Boris Tadiæ, the Prime Minister, Vojislav Koštunica, and the Foreign Affairs Minister, Vuk Draškoviæ. “I do not believe that we should risk our credibility for a matter of a week”, the High Representative of the EU for CFSP stated, before leaving for Belgrade. He also visited Pristina for a meeting with the Kosovar President, Fatmir Sejdiu, and with representatives of the Serbs of Kosovo and of KFOR. “We hope that they will commit (…)” and “everything that is reasonable from a time point of view is acceptable”, Mr Solana added, reported by Reuters. Paving the way for a certain sovereignty in the current Serbian province, his plan, which was presented last Friday (EUROPE 9358), went down well with the Albanian Kosovars, but was rejected by the Serbs. As no majority won an overall victory at the ballots for the Parliamentary elections of 21 January (EUROPE 9349), the reformist Democratic forces are striving to agree to put together the pro-European that the Twenty-Seven are hoping for. Earlier this week, Boris Tadic raised the possibility of postponing the consultations. The talks between the two parties are set to continue until the end of February, when the question will be passed to the United Nations Security Council. (ab)