H.E. Mr. Vanja Filipovic:

As for energy security, yes, it will be a difficult winter for everybody. For the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina the cost of living and energy is the number one issue. We are not exporters of electric power. We are not huge consumers of gas but a large portion of imported gas is used in Sarajevo, for example, for public heating. If that supply were to be cut off, it would have a major impact. Therefore, the Albanian Government is trying to mitigate some of these things through various approaches both domestically, in the policy of trying to reduce some of the costs, and internationally, in trying to diversify the energy source.

As to a timeline on the accession to the EU, it is hard to make any sort of prediction. It basically depends on our domestic and political arena. We have just held elections and new governments will be formed at various levels, such as at state level, entity levels and cantonal levels.