Fried: No unilateral recognition

Fried: No unilateral recognition

"We see no advantages whatsoever of taking action outside of the Security Council, we see only disadvantages in every way. A security council resolution in this matter is better," Fried said during a short stop at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

Fried warned that moves to declare Kosovo's independence without the UN's blessing would be dangerous.

"As a factual matter, its probably the case that independence is coming one way or another, its coming in a way that is supervised, therefore controlled and therefore better off for everyone," Fried said.

Fried said U.S. officials would continue to work with the EU to press Russia on drafting a text on Kosovo at U.N. headquarters in New York.

"Serbia's interests in new resolution"

Slovakia is ready to work with Serbia on incorporating its interests into new UN resolution on Kosovo, Slovakian Foreign Minister Jan Kubis says.

The Foreign Minister of UN Security Council non-permanent member state Slovakia visited Belgrade Wednesday and meet with new Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić.

He said on the occasion that Slovakia was advocating that the UN resolution on Kosovo secured a sustainable solution for the province’s status which would foster progress and stability in the region.

“Informal consultations on the new resolution’s working version are currently in progess at the Council,” Kubis siad.

“Slovakian representative participates in the process following instructions he receives from the Slovakian Parliament,” Kubis stressed.

He also added that Slovakian delegation in New York would all it could to integrate legitimate interests of both Belgrade and Priština into the new Kosovo resolution.