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Germany, France help Kosovo get independence in energy - Gazeta Express English Gazeta Express 21/04/2020 17:58 3-4 minutes _____ Germany, France help Kosovo get independence in energy English Gazeta Express 21/04/2020 17:58 Kosovo and Serbia have signed a wide range of agreements as part of the EU-facilitated dialogue in Brussels, however many of the deals were not implemented. The European Union in addition to calls for fully implementation of agreements reached so far, has done nothing to push forward Pristina and Belgrade to fully implement all the agreements, including an agreement on energy. Kosovo and Serbia signed an Agreement on energy in 2013, and it took seven years the EU countries to pressure and engage in implementation of such a deal, which gives Kosovo full independence over its energy sector. Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel have played a crucial role in convincing Pristina and Belgrade implement the Agreement. Also French President Emmanuel macron took his credits for implementation of the deal. In a post on Twitter French Embassy in Pristina said that the Government of France played an active role in creation of a technical solution enabling efficiency of energy and will facilitate development of economy in Kosovo. On Monday the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity ENTSO-E voted with 22 votes in favour, four abstentions and three against to allow Kosovo’s power grid and transmission operator KOSTT join the grid of operators in continental Europe. This would end Kosovo’s dependence on Serbia and enables unification with the electricity zone with Albania. Kosovo leaders welcomed the vote on Tuesday. President Hashim Thaci said that this is a great step forward for Kosovo. “Grateful to our allies for their unwavering support,” Thaci wrote on Twitter. Whereas caretaker prime minister, Albin Kurti, said KOSTT became equal with its European counterparts. “Today’s voting in ENTSO-E enables access of KOSTT to the regional market & in the 400kV power line btw Kosova and Albania. I thank the German KfW for financing with over 75 million€ and European TSO representatives for their vote,” Kurti wrote on Twitter. Former Kosovo chief negotiator in technical dialogue with Sebria, Edita Tahiri, said the Agreement on energy, signed in 2013, was not implemented by Serbia preventing Kosovo power grid to act on its own. Activation of Berlin and Paris on implementation of the agreements reached between Pristina and Belgrade, comes after an active engagement of the United States on mediating Kosovo-Serbia dialogue. It seems that the two European centres, Berlin and Paris, want to send messages to Washington, that they can also help Kosovo and Serbia solve their problems. /GazetaExpress/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/senet/01e501d61889%24b9b34c90%242d19e5b0%24%40gmail.com.
