The future of Kosovo tops the list of issues being discussed today in Brussels at a meeting of European Union foreign ministers. Arriving at the talks, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt urged EU unity over the issue, which he said is key to the bloc's credibility.

Serbia says the U.N. Security Council's decision to set aside a resolution on Kosovo's future is a victory for Belgrade and Moscow. Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica says Friday's move by the Security Council reinforces Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and is a defeat for those who want independence for Kosovo and its ethnic-Albanian population.

Russia's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that only a UN Security Council's resolution could determine a legitimate status of Kosovo.

The United States and European powers say it has proven impossible to move forward with a UN Security Council resolution on Kosovo's final status due to Russia's threat of a veto.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Washington is fully committed to achieving independence for Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province, despite Russia's opposition.

Russian experts believe the West has decided to grant Kosovo independence despite objections from Russia and Serbia to the proposal, adding that Russia will veto a UN Security Council vote expected later Friday.

Russia will veto any U.N. Security Council resolution on Kosovo that is unacceptable to Serbia, a senior Russian official said Thursday.

Until now, the European Union has been a firm supporter of resolving the dispute over Kosovo's future status in the UN Security Council. But the EU seems to be acknowledging that this may prove impossible.

Serbia's accession to the EU must not be predicated on the resolution of the Kosovo problem, the country's ambassador to Russia said Tuesday.

Russia has voiced opposition to a fresh UN Security Council draft resolution on the future of the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo.

Once again the Western powers have attempted to find the right formula for compromise on Kosovo, and once again Russia has rejected it.

The Russian foreign minister dismissed remarks by a UN envoy Friday as inappropriate suggesting Russia's role at the UN Security Council should be reduced over its hard line against Western states' Kosovo plan.