Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica informed Wisner that Serbia, as a European, democratic state, had sufficient experience to accept and provide the best measure of autonomy for Kosovo and that it would not allow the creation of a new Albanian state on 15 per cent of its territory, read a statement from Kostunica's office.
Wisner said constructiveness was necessary to ensure peace, democracy and protection of the rights of all Kosovo citizens, the statement added.
Wisner also met representatives of the Serb Orthodox Church, which said in a statement the talks addressed the need to protect Serb Orthodox facilities and cultural monuments in Kosovo regardless of the outcome of negotiations on its future status.
The US envoy also held talks with Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic and was due to meet President Boris Tadic.
Belgrade and Pristina held talks on Kosovo in Vienna yesterday. Belgrade is willing to consent to everything but independence for Kosovo, on which Pristina insists. The next negotiating round has been announced for early August, again in Vienna.
Kosovo's negotiators said today there was only one solution for the province in southern Serbia -- independence, and underlined they would never accept Belgrade's positions.
Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu said the delegation successfully defended their positions on an independent and sovereign Kosovo which would be law-based and where all citizens, notably minorities, would be respected.
The leader of the strongest opposition Democratic Party, Hashim Thaqi, voiced confidence that this year the international community would adopt a decision expressing the people's wish for an independent state of Kosovo which he said would ensure peace and stability in Kosovo and the region.