Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday that he had signed a contract with Russia for gas supplies for the next three years. This was done during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Serbia will get the gas at an "extremely good" price, Vucic said, according to dpa.
The contract could possibly mean a deterioration in the EU's relations with Serbia. As a consequence of Russia's war in Ukraine, the EU will phase out the use of Russian gas and oil. Serbia's goal has long been to become a member of the EU. The country applied for EU membership in December 2009.
- I can't talk about the price right now, all details will be agreed with Gazprom, says Vucic, referring to the Russian gas giant that is responsible for exporting Russian gas.
Will expand Serbian storage
But he says that it will happen "on by far the best conditions in Europe". Serbia has a ten-year contract with Gazprom for gas supplies. It expires on May 31.
Vucic says he and Putin have also discussed expanding Serbia's reserves of Russian gas. Russia owns a stake in Serbia's oil and gas company NIS. The Russian news agency Tass reports that Putin and Vucic also discussed the situation in Kosovo.
Russia supports Serbia's position that Kosovo is part of Serbia. But Serbia lost its right to Kosovo after it tried to expel Kosovo's ethnic Albanians, who made up 90 percent of the population, in 1999. This prompted NATO to intervene in the conflict and secure control over Kosovo.
Most countries in Europe, including Denmark, have since recognized Kosovo as an independent country.
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