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UNMIK accepts Belgrade’s offer to provide electricity to Serb enclaves

Belgrade, 30 November 2006

President of the Coordinating Centre for Kosovo-Metohija Sanda Raskovic-Ivic said today that UNMIK chief Joachim Rucker has accepted Belgrade’s humanitarian offer to supply electricity to Serb enclaves in the province.

In a statement to the news agency Beta, Raskovic-Ivic said that in a letter addressed to the Coordinating Centre Rucker said that he is available for further discussion on supplying electricity to Serb communities in Kosovo-Metohija, regardless whether the energy crisis is solved by providing electricity or with adequate sums of money given by the Serbian government.

She explained that Serb enclaves would thus automatically be transferred from zone C into zone A, where consumers in Kosovo-Metohija receive a regular supply of electricity.

According to Raskovic-Ivic, in his letter, Rucker has forwarded a request to the Coordinating Centre to identify the locations in Kosovo-Metohija where electricity should be supplied and make offers regarding the method of transmitting electricity.

We have prepared a response proposing that a joint meeting be organised at the beginning of next week in Pristina, to reach final agreement on the issue, said Raskovic-Ivic, and added that the determination of the locations mentioned has already begun.

She said that Rucker’s letter signifies positive progress, adding that there is no hint of rejection in it, nor is it mentioned that the issue is one of discriminatory distribution of electricity.