Osman talks to O'Brien about the attack on Zubin Potok

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani has held a conversation with US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia James O'Brien about the November 29th attack on Iber-Lepenci water channel in Zubin Potok.

Osman's political adviser, Bekim Kupina, told Radio Free Europe that Osmani -- except for O'Brien -- has been having conversations with other international leaders, including British Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

She [Osman] has thanked them for the response and condemnation of the attack on vital infrastructure in Iber-Lepenc. Discussions focused on the recent terrorist attack on Kosovo's vital infrastructure and its implications for the stability of Kosovo, and the wider”, Cupina said.

Osmani, as well as other leaders in Kosovo, name the Zubin Potok Warrag explosion terrorist attacks on the country's critical infrastructure.

Kosovo has blamed Serbia for the attack, but Belgrade has denied that it is involved, saying it is willing to co-operate in investigating this case.

About the situation in the north, earlier in December 3rd, the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vuciq, spoke with O'Brien.

The United States has strongly condemned the attack on Zubin Potok, as US Ambassador to Pristina Jeffrey Havenier declared the day before that despite the fact that it is still too early to know the blame, at this stage “no group or state” could be expelled.

The U.S. currently cannot say who's behind the attack is early and issues like these require carefully conducted investigations. What I can say is that we have offered assistance to the Kosovo authorities. We think it's very important that there's a significant investigation to identify responsible”, he stated.

The attack on Zubin Potok has also been strongly condemned by the European Union, which has named <x0 terrorist” and “sabotager” on Kosovo's critical infrastructure.

The blast occurred on November 29th in the village of Varrag in Zubin Potok municipality of Serb majority in the country's north.

Kosovo police have said the attack has been carried out with explosives up to 20kg.

The Iber-Lepenc Canal supplies water from Weyman Lake all over Kosovo's north, Mitrovica regions, Pristina with the district, as well as the Kosovo Energy Corporation for cooling its thermoelectrics.

Since the explosion attack on the Iber-Lepenci water channel in Zubin Potok on November 29th, Kosovo authorities are conducting raids in the northern part of the state, inhabited by Serb majority.

During the raids, Kosovo Police have reportedly seized different types of weapons, military equipment and uniforms.

Also, out of the ten escorts to the police, as suspected of involvement in the Iber Lepenc blast, two of them have been sent into custody for a month. /rel