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Cluster opening strong signal of EU support for Serbia

Belgrade, 14 December 2021

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic opened the session of the government tonight, also attended by President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, NBS Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic and directors of all public companies.

Vucic and Brnabic assessed that by opening cluster 4, Serbia took a step forward and received an important signal from the European Union that they support the European integration of our country.

We have great news from Brussels. Serbia is the only country from the Western Balkans that has now opened a chapter and received a positive signal from the EU, the Prime Minister emphasised, adding that we should be proud of that because it is an indicator that we can implement reforms during the pandemic, especially in the rule of law.

We also have cluster 3 ready for the opening, Brnabic said and pointed out that she had never heard more positive comments during the intergovernmental conference, at which, as she said, many said that the opening of the mentioned cluster was close.

I am sorry it has not been opened, but this is also a huge success. We are preparing for the opening of cluster 5. At the moment, we have 22 open chapters out of a total of 35, she emphasised.

Vucic expressed his gratitude to President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Emanuele Giaufret, who invested a lot of effort and showed a lot of respect.

Also, the President of Serbia said that Pristina has made a decision and informed us informally that it will not allow us to hold a referendum on 16 January, emphasising that we will try to talk to Brussels to convince them to allow Serbian citizens to vote.

As he said, Pristina rejects any kind of dialogue, conversation and even a ready-made agreement on missing persons, as well as any idea to implement the Brussels Agreement, especially when it comes to the Community of Serbian Municipalities.

According to him, although our authorities allow Pristina's representatives to enter the territory of central Serbia, although we act responsibly and seriously, they do not allow our officials to enter Kosovo and Metohija, which is increasingly condemned by the international community, but not enough.

At the same time, the President confirmed that the stabilisation of the electrical system, which fell due to the storm, is expected on Monday, and that we have enough electricity for our own needs.

Vucic explained that the problem was that EPS made an additional mistake because it did not provide enough coal at the landfills and to supply TENT itself, while everything else was an objective factor.

For that reason, Obrenovac did not have electricity for a while, because it is connected directly to TENT, which is why we imported enormous amounts of electricity. The financial damage is huge, he stressed.

The President stated that, according to the latest information, 0.38 percent of households are still without electricity, while the remaining approximately 99.62 percent of households have electricity.

Vucic said that he wants the citizens of Serbia to know which problems the country is facing, since we are facing a difficult and long winter.

In that context, he said that he had talked with Minister of Finance Sinisa Mali and Governor Jogrovanka Tabakovic about how the country could bear that terribly heavy burden.