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Government urges UNMIK to provide Kosovo Serbs with electricity
Belgrade,
27 December 2004
Advisor to the Serbian Prime Minister Vladeta Jankovic said that the Serbian government has called on UNMIK to use its influence so that the Serb population in central Kosovo could have electricity again.
Vladeta Jankovic
The Serbian government and the state power utility EPS are certainly ready to send immediate assistance, Jankovic told Beta news agency.
There are at least 10,000 people who are without electricity, Jankovic said, noting that the situation has become unbearable for them.
The Serbian government is ready to provide assistance either through money, energy supply or other compensation.
Jankovic said that it is high time that UNMIK’s chief, Soren Jessen-Petersen, uses his authority and put the suffering of the Serb population in Kosovo to an end.
This is not a matter of human rights violation, Jankovic stressed, noting that these people are being denied of the right to elementary survival.
Villages in central Kosovo populated with Serbs, Caglavica, Laplje Selo, Lipljan and Preoci, have been left without electricity for weeks. On December 23, the political representatives of Kosovo Serbs formed a crisis committee following the alarming situation in these villages.
Energetic Corporation of Kosovo (KEK) reported that the villages left without electricity are in debt. KEK Managing Director John Ashley said that the debts need to be repaid as KEK is not a charity. He said that he does not divide people according to their ethnicity, but rather by whether they pay or steal electricity. He also said that the only concession that KEK can make is to allow repayment in installments over the next five years.
There are at least 10,000 people who are without electricity, Jankovic said, noting that the situation has become unbearable for them.
The Serbian government is ready to provide assistance either through money, energy supply or other compensation.
Jankovic said that it is high time that UNMIK’s chief, Soren Jessen-Petersen, uses his authority and put the suffering of the Serb population in Kosovo to an end.
This is not a matter of human rights violation, Jankovic stressed, noting that these people are being denied of the right to elementary survival.
Villages in central Kosovo populated with Serbs, Caglavica, Laplje Selo, Lipljan and Preoci, have been left without electricity for weeks. On December 23, the political representatives of Kosovo Serbs formed a crisis committee following the alarming situation in these villages.
Energetic Corporation of Kosovo (KEK) reported that the villages left without electricity are in debt. KEK Managing Director John Ashley said that the debts need to be repaid as KEK is not a charity. He said that he does not divide people according to their ethnicity, but rather by whether they pay or steal electricity. He also said that the only concession that KEK can make is to allow repayment in installments over the next five years.
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