Russia will continue to supply gas to Serbia at a preferential price, which will be up to four times lower than the current price on the international market. This was announced by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic after a meeting in Sochi with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Vuτςiτς said that Putin had approved the price of 270 dollars per 1000 cubic meters for the gas that will be supplied to Serbia by the Russian Gazprom. The price of natural gas at the moment in the international markets reaches up to $ 1,000 per thousand cubic meters. It was also agreed to increase the amount of gas that will be supplied to Serbia to cover all its needs in the winter, while payment facilities will be provided. The agreement will run for six months and then a new round of negotiations on the price of Russian gas will take place, Vuτςiτς said, adding that Putin had promised that Serbia would continue to have a privileged position in the purchase of Russian gas.
It is noted that Serbia is supplied exclusively with natural gas from Russia, mainly through the pipeline that arrives from Turkey, while Gazprom, which owns the majority stake in SrbijaGas, has in fact a monopoly on the supply of gas to consumers.
During the meeting of the two presidents in Sochi, energy dominated, but other issues of bilateral cooperation were also discussed, as well as the situation in the wider region. One of the topics on the Putin-Vuτςi. Meeting was military cooperation. Vladimir Putin pointed out that “military and technological cooperation in the field of defense undoubtedly looks forward to the good of both countries.”
Aleksandar Vuτςiτς thanked the Russian President for the donations to weapons systems and stressed the need to expand cooperation. “Our military-technical cooperation is at the highest level. Thank you for the beautiful gifts we received. “I think in the future we will have new agreements in various fields,” Vucic said.
After the meeting, the Serbian president told Serbian media that Kosovo was also a topic of discussion, discussing the attitude of Albanians as well as the role of the foreign factor in the region. Vuτςiτς said that Putin had promised him that “Russia will not leave Serbia” hanging “” and would provide all possible assistance to international organizations.
Today’s Putin-Vucic meeting in Sochi lasted about four hours and is the 19th meeting between the two politicians since 2012, when Vucic took power in Serbia.
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