Serbia on Wednesday launched a diplomatic offensive to contest Kosovo's independence by submitting a draft resolution to the United Nations General Assembly denouncing the unilateral secession of its former province.
The move follows a World Court ruling last week that Kosovo's 2008 secession from Serbia did not violate international law.
Serbia expects its draft resolution to be supported at the UN General Assembly session this autumn.
The draft resolution, submitted by the Serbian mission to the UN, states that unilateral secession is not an acceptable manner of solving territorial disputes, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
The draft also says that secession is unacceptable "considering that the Wold Court did not confirm a right of Kosovo Albanians to secede from Serbia."
Also on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic flew to New York to meet UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for talks on the situation in Kosovo and to hold consultations ahead of the Security Council session on Kosovo, scheduled for next week.
So far 69 countries, including the United States and 22 of the 27 European Union members, have recognised Kosovo.
