German State Secretary: EU and Germany supported the process which resulted in KOSTT independence

The State Secretary of the German Federal Foreign Office, Miguel Berger welcomed the Kosovo transmission system operator – KOSTT taking over full responsibility for the entire grid in Kosovo and turning on a high voltage link between Kosovo and Albania.

“Good news for Kosovo and good news for the stability of the European electricity grid,” Berger tweeted.

A new regulatory zone in Kosovo began operating yesterday, with KOSTT, which up to now belonged to the SMM (Serbia, Montenegro and Northern Macedonia) bloc coordinated by the Serbian EMS, leaving this bloc and forming a new – the Kosovo-Albania regulatory bloc.

Berger also stressed the EU support to this process, while the Prime Minister of Kosovo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama had made no mention of the EU role in the process.

“EU and Germany supported ENTSO-E-lead process that resulted in KOSTT taking over responsibility for the entire grid in Kosovo,” Berger said.

KOSTT joining the new bloc and took control of the entire grid in Kosovo, including the north, was made possible by a vote on the connection agreement between ENTSO-E and KOSTT which took place in April this year, prompting the Serbian side to announce arbitration.

Whether the arbitration came to be or what were its results has never been made public.

Speaking of the reaction of the Serbian side to this news, the only ones to react so far were the opposition parties, which criticized the government for handing over the energy sector and losing energy independence in the north. No other Serb officials have reacted yet.

So far, Srpska Lista and the Kosovo Office merely issued statements criticizing opposition leaders who reportedly claimed that the energy supply would be cut off. They also did not deny that KOSTT started operating in the new regulatory zone throughout Kosovo.

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic announced this morning that he will address “the lies being told about Kosovo” later in the day, after a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov.

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