The Austrian Foreign Ministry is hosting a conference on security in Kosovo in a follow-up to the latest round of talks on the status of the Albanian-dominated province in Serbia.

Kosovo Albanian and Serb leaders failed to reach an agreement on Kosovo's status during three days of tense negotiations in an Austrian spa town, but pledged on Wednesday to refrain from violence.

International talks on the future of Kosovo opened on Monday in Austria with no sign of a compromise in sight.

Little progress is reported in the negotiations led by Russia, the European Union and the United States aimed at reconciling the conflicting views of Belgrade and Pristina on the future of Kosovo.

Serbia and its breakaway province of Kosovo held the first round of their first direct talks Friday with international mediators participating but failed to reach any agreement.

The U.S., European Union, Russian envoys and Albanian leaders of Kosovo are holding talks on the future of the disputed province.

Britain's Foreign Office said that the U.S., European Union and Russian envoys had reopened talks with Serbian officials Tuesday over the future status of the disputed province of Kosovo.

New York will host talks between rival Serbs and Kosovo Albanians later this month to try to break a deadlock over the future of the breakaway province, an official said.

The Serbian government says it has adopted a list of proposed rules for negotiations on the future status of Kosovo. Government officials say the proposed guidelines were sent Friday to the ambassadors of the six countries that make up the Contact Group.

The European Union's foreign-policy chief, Javier Solana, has named German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger to represent the bloc in negotiations on the future status of Kosovo.

Kosovo leaders have warned the European Union they are losing patience with attempts at the UN Security Council to reach a consensus on the future status of the breakaway Serbian province.

Italian Foreign Minister Massimo d'Alema says that Serbia and leaders of Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority should resume talks on the future status of the breakaway Serbian province, but only for a limited time.