BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia's foreign minister has called for a compromise over Kosovo that could end a dispute hindering both countries from one day becoming European Union members.

In an opinion piece published Monday in the pro-government Vecernje Novosti newspaper, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic suggested partitioning Kosovo along its predominantly ethnic Albanian and Serb parts. Dacic said the division would represent "a lasting solution of the Serbian-Albanian conflict which can be reached only through an agreement in which everyone will win something and lose something." Kosovo officials flatly rejected the idea, partly because it would mean that the small state would formally have to give up about one-fifth of its territory where Serbs represent a majority and reject rule from the capital, Pristina. Outgoing Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj tweeted Monday that Kosovo is "a multiethnic democracy with internationally recognized borders." See at: https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/08/14/world/europe/ap-eu-serbia-kosovo.html