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Belgrade, Pristina ready to continue dialogue on energy problems in Kosovo
Belgrade,
27 April 2005
As part of the talks between Belgrade and Pristina authorities, representatives of the task force for energy met yesterday and expressed readiness to continue the dialogue.
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FoNet
Joly Dixon, the EU representative who presided over the meeting, said that the meeting was constructive and productive, noting that the two parties agreed to prepare reports on energy and environmental protection within several days.
The reports will be the basis for preparing the next meeting, which is planned to take place in less than a month. Dixon recalled that the first meeting of the task force took place in March 2004.
Director of Serbian postal service PTT in charge for Kosovo Randjel Nojkic, representing the Pristina delegation, told the press that his delegation rejected talks on the power supply problem to Serbian villages in Kosovo-Metohija, claiming that it is an internal matter that does not concern Belgrade.
He noted that power supply to Serbian villages in Kosovo and the return to work of 8,300 Serbian power service (EPS) workers will be central topics in future meetings.
Pristina representative Sandri Ljimani said that Kosovo faces many difficulties with its energy supply and that currently 47 settlements are without electricity. The main problems are non-payment and damages to the network.
Representing Belgrade at the meeting were Assistant Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Vlajcic, Advisor at the Ministry of Mining and Energy Petar Maksimovic, EPS Director Milorad Moracic, EPS Assistant Director Vladimir Jovanovic and Coordinator for Reconstruction and Economic Development of the Coordinating Centre for Kosovo-Metohija Veselin Kosanovic.
Apart from Nojkic and Ljimani, Pristina was also represented by Advisor in the Ministry of Energy Januz Sai, representative of the Kosovo Trust Agency Kevin McCannon and UNMIK official Nick Frides.
The reports will be the basis for preparing the next meeting, which is planned to take place in less than a month. Dixon recalled that the first meeting of the task force took place in March 2004.
Director of Serbian postal service PTT in charge for Kosovo Randjel Nojkic, representing the Pristina delegation, told the press that his delegation rejected talks on the power supply problem to Serbian villages in Kosovo-Metohija, claiming that it is an internal matter that does not concern Belgrade.
He noted that power supply to Serbian villages in Kosovo and the return to work of 8,300 Serbian power service (EPS) workers will be central topics in future meetings.
Pristina representative Sandri Ljimani said that Kosovo faces many difficulties with its energy supply and that currently 47 settlements are without electricity. The main problems are non-payment and damages to the network.
Representing Belgrade at the meeting were Assistant Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Vlajcic, Advisor at the Ministry of Mining and Energy Petar Maksimovic, EPS Director Milorad Moracic, EPS Assistant Director Vladimir Jovanovic and Coordinator for Reconstruction and Economic Development of the Coordinating Centre for Kosovo-Metohija Veselin Kosanovic.
Apart from Nojkic and Ljimani, Pristina was also represented by Advisor in the Ministry of Energy Januz Sai, representative of the Kosovo Trust Agency Kevin McCannon and UNMIK official Nick Frides.
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