Serbia will submit an appropriate resolution with the aim of solving the issue of Kosovo in a mutually acceptable way, through negotiations, Cvetkovic said after a special government session focusing on the ICJ's decision.

The ICJ on Thursday published its advisory opinion on Serbia's request to state if Kosovo's decision in 2008 to declare independence was legal, saying that Kosovo's declaration of independence did not violate international law.

"We remain committed to the policy of preserving the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity by using all diplomatic and political means that are at the disposal of sovereign UN member-countries," Cvetkovic said.

He said that the government concluded at the session that the ICJ had failed to answer the fundamental question of the legality of the right to secession of the Kosovo Albanians and that it had not legalised the ethnically motivated attempt at secession.

Cvetkovic added that the ICJ's advisory opinion did not close the door to Serbia's activities on the foreign policy front aimed at preserving its territorial integrity.

"The Serbian government will continue its activities in order to resolve the issue of Kosovo through dialogue because we believe it is the only way to ensure a lasting and stable peace in this region," said Cvetkovic.

Speaking of the positions of Serbia and the United States on Kosovo, Cvetkovic said that "both sides are agreed that there is no agreement on the issue of Kosovo" and that they should promote bilateral relations based on that platform. He said that the ICJ's advisory opinion had not changed either Serbia's or the USA's position on the matter.

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic announced intensive diplomatic activity in the next few weeks, adding that what was currently happening in international relations set an extremely dangerous precedent and that the issue of secession had been left open wide to interpretation by secessionist movements worldwide.