Germany is opposed to all announcements that Kosovo would be unilaterally declared as an independent state, as long as the existing UN Security Council Resolution 1244 remains in force, German Deputy Foreign Minister Gernot Erler said here on Thursday.

Erler made the comment during talks with Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic, who said Serbia is decisively opposed to declaring Kosovo an independent state and that it insists on its territorial integrity, Draskovic's office said in a statement.

Earlier on Thursday, a U.S. analyst said the United States is expected to unilaterally recognize the independence of Kosovo, in the event that there is no new resolution at the UN Security Council.

"There is a 100 percent chance that (unilateral recognition) will happen," following the first action towards independence made in the Kosovo capital Pristina, Daniel Server of U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington told the Voice of America.

Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu said in Kosovo on Thursday that Pristina would only declare independence with the blessing of its Western allies.

"We will consult with those who support the independence of Kosovo, because this independence needs to be recognized," Sejdiu told councilors in the western Kosovo town of Istok.

"In the worst case scenario, if any United Nations Security Council member, primarily Russia, uses its veto, Kosovo will still be independent, will have international support and will be an internationally recognized state," Sejdiu said.

The UN Security Council is expected to hold a crucial session on Kosovo this month.

Kosovo, where over 90 percent of the 2 million people are ethnic Albanians, has been run by the United Nations since 1999, when NATO bombings halted Serbian forces' crackdown on independence-seeking ethnic Albanians.

Diplomats say Washington would likely support a unilateral declaration of independence by Pristina, but the 27-member European Union has stressed it would only be able to take on the role of supervisor from the United Nations, as foreseen in the blueprint drafted by UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari, on the basis of a UN Security Council resolution.

Source: Xinhua