BELGRADE, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - Kosovo's independence will top the agenda of a meeting between Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to be held in Moscow on Thursday.
"In Russia we will hold a number of important negotiations, above all continuing our joint measures on the international arena over Kosovo's status," the Serbian official said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Jeremic also said that he would discuss bilateral energy, economic and cultural cooperation.
Kosovo, with a 90% ethnic-Albanian majority, has been formally recognized as a sovereign state by 43 UN member states, including the U.S. and most EU members since it proclaimed its independence from Serbia on February 17.
Russia, Serbia's long-time ally and a veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council, has refused to recognize Kosovo's independence.
