Disraeli wrote that "all questions are publicly introduced and then privately settled."
Only representatives of the Great Powers were invited, and no representative of a Balkan state was permitted to attend. Disraeli wrote that "all questions are publicly introduced and then privately settled." Among the things that were privately settled were the creation of an Eastern Rumelia, which was placed under Turkish control, and Turkey's retention of Bulgaria's Aegean Sea coast. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania were granted independence and then stripped of territory, and Bosnia Herzegovina was occupied, though not annexed by Austria. FTP name this 1878 conference which extensively revised the Treaty of San Stefano.
Only representatives of the Great Powers were invited, and no representative of a Balkan state was permitted to attend.
Congress of Berlin