they just need to literally follow the script they got from the US Department of State, LOL:
Slovenia centre of Kosovo status issue scandal
27/01/2008
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia -- Slovenia found itself in a bind on Friday (January 25th), when Ljubljana-based newspaper Dnevnik published a document in which US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried suggested that current EU presidency holder Slovenia should be "among the first EU members to recognise the independence of Kosovo". The document is transcript of a conversation between Washington and Slovenian diplomats on December 24th 2007. The US embassy in Ljubljana refused to comment on the authenticity of the diplomatic memoranda. (Makfax, A1, Beta, AP, Reuters - 26/01/08)
http://setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2008/01/27/nb-04(The Slovenian participant of the talks, diplomat Mitja Drobnic had to step down due to the scandal).
"The Slovene daily Dnevnik, shadowed by the Serbian Politika, has made public a document in which a representative of the Slovenian Foreign Ministry records a meeting with U.S. State Department officials on 24 December last year. In particular, the officials discussed how Slovenia should help sheepdog the EU into recognizing Kosovo’s independence. (...)
The American side wanted Slovenia to be the first EU state to recognize Kosovo, at least 15 of 27 EU countries to do so, and the EU to agree on sending a mission to Kosovo. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon could then conclude that “the facts on the ground have changed” and call on the EU mission to deploy, without asking the Security Council. (...)
Kosovo will unilaterally declare independence, unilaterally sort of abide by the Ahtisaari plan, and be swiftly recognized by the U.S. and like-minded states. The EU mission will provide “international civil presence” required by Security Council Resolution 1244, and that, somehow, will take care of the formalities. The International Crisis Group, for one, outlined this scenario in early December.
There are fascinating details. A State Dept. official is quoted in Dnevnik as explaining how the Kosovo parliament should declare independence on a Sunday, so Russia would not have time to call a Security Council session before enough countries have recognized it…
http://christianmoe.com/eo/blog/2008/01/29read more comprehensive summary in German