Good Cooperation Leading to New Projects

5/29/2025
The 103rd Session of the Joint Commission for Đerdap has been completed

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Serbia and Romania are developing important projects that will enhance energy security, and it is very important that we build bridges of trust, stability and concrete partnership within the Joint Commission for Đerdap – said Dubravka Đedović Handanović, Minister of Mining and Energy, at the 103rd session of the Serbia-Romania Joint Commission for Đerdap.

She pointed out the importance of restoring the continuity of sessions under the mandate of the current Ministry, since four sessions have been held in two years, which had not been the case before. Đedovic Handanovic emphasized that, according to the reports of the Energy Community, Serbia has been the leader in the region in the sectors of electricity and renewable energy sources for two consecutive years, and that the decades-long successful work of the Joint Commission can provide a strong foundation for expansion of bilateral cooperation to include major projects in the energy sector. 

- Serbia has increased its installed RES capacities by 85 percent in the last two years, additional 2.5 gigawatts of new green energy projects from public and private funds are now being implemented, and more green energy requires better energy balancing and storage. The potential project of Đerdap 3 PSPP is very important for energy stability, energy storage and greater RES integration. The work of this commission can be expanded to include future initiatives and serve as a platform for discussing new projects and technical solutions. The planned Serbia-Romania gas pipeline will further diversify supply, enhance integration with regional and European markets, as well as resilience to energy crises. We also hope for the visit of the future Minister of Energy of Romania to Serbia in order to discuss mutually beneficial projects – she said. 

The Ambassador of Romania to Serbia, Silvia Davidoju, pointed out that dialogue and cooperation in the field of energy are the most fruitful and dynamic sector in bilateral cooperation between the two countries. 

In addition to the members of the Joint Commission, the meeting was also attended by Dušan Živković, General Manager of Elektroprivreda Srbije. After three days of work, the Joint Commission mutually adopted all the minutes and reports on nine items of the agenda, and experts in several sections, representatives of the institutions of both countries aligned their positions and significant progress was made to support future work.

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