The Contact Group troika of mediators - Russia, the United States and the European Union - concluded months of talks last week, and will report on the province's status later on Friday, three days ahead of the December 10 deadline set by the UN.
He said no agreement was in sight either between Belgrade and Pristina or within the troika itself, adding that Russia stood firm on its view that independence could only be granted to Kosovo if Pristina and Belgrade agreed.
EU representative Wolfgang Ischinger told a news conference Monday that the report would state that Belgrade and Pristina had failed to reach any compromise and would list the proposals made by both the Serbian and Kosovo delegations.
The EU is also split over the issue, the Slovak government said on Friday it will not recognize Kosovo's independence should Pristina proclaim independence.
"We will not support Kosovo's independence if Kosovo unilaterally declares independence without approval by the UN or another important international organization," Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
Russia's foreign minister said on Friday a decision on Kosovo would set a precedent for the unrecognized post-Soviet republics.
"There will be a precedent if only because there will be one," Sergei Lavrov said, responding to the question about the effect Kosovo independence might have on the resolution of conflicts in Georgia and the breakaway territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, a top EU official said Thursday she hopes that if Kosovo unilaterally declares independence, Russia will not respond by recognizing the independence of self-proclaimed territories in the former Soviet Union.
During the latest round of negotiations held in Austria last week, Serbia reiterated offers for broad autonomy while Kosovo, a UN protectorate since 1999, continued to insist on full independence.
Kosovo has threatened to unilaterally declare independence in January if no agreement is reached with Serbia, while Belgrade has warned it may impose an economic blockade on the small impoverished region if Kosovo Albanians carry out their threat.
Parliamentary elections in Kosovo on November 17 were won by former rebel leader Hashim Thaci, who has vowed to declare independence for Kosovo. The province's ethnic Serb population (around 6%) boycotted the election.
In response, Aleksandar Simic, an adviser to the Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, said Serbia had the right to use military force to defend its interests in Kosovo: "The State has no recourse other than war when someone does not respect the UN Security Council," he told Serbian state television.
A NATO bombing campaign against the former Yugoslavia ended a bloody war between Serb forces and Albanian separatists in 1999.
