Speaker: "Gazprom session" unlikely

It is not realistic that the parliament will meet to ratify the Russian energy deal, Oliver Dulić says.

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It is not realistic that the parliament will meet to ratify the Russian energy deal, Oliver Dulic says. The parliament speaker from the Democratic Party, DS, added that this was not likely since the deal was not even in parliamentary procedure yet. Speaker: "Gazprom session" unlikely "Had the government sent it to the parliament in time, and had the parliament not had been dissolved, the agreement would be ratified," Dulic says. President Boris Tadic and Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica traveled to Moscow at the end of January to sign the strategic energy agreement with Russia, which they at the time said would provide for Serbia's energy needs "for generations to come". Construction of a part of the South Stream pipeline in Serbia and the sale of the state oil monopoly NIS to Russian giant Gazprom are all parts of the deal. Now Dulic said he met with Gazprom leadership in mid-February to tell them that if the government were to send the document, "and if the political situation is stable", it would be ratified. The media earlier reported there was serious concern in Moscow that the ratification will not go ahead within the planned deadline. As Russian president-designate Dmitry Medvedev was visiting Serbia in February, Gazprom's CEO Alexei Miller and public natural gas enterprise Srbijagas Director Sasa Ilic signed the pipeline agreement.

Speaker: "Gazprom session" unlikely

"Had the government sent it to the parliament in time, and had the parliament not had been dissolved, the agreement would be ratified," Dulić says.

President Boris Tadić and Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica traveled to Moscow at the end of January to sign the strategic energy agreement with Russia, which they at the time said would provide for Serbia's energy needs "for generations to come".

Construction of a part of the South Stream pipeline in Serbia and the sale of the state oil monopoly NIS to Russian giant Gazprom are all parts of the deal.

Now Dulić said he met with Gazprom leadership in mid-February to tell them that if the government were to send the document, "and if the political situation is stable", it would be ratified.

The media earlier reported there was serious concern in Moscow that the ratification will not go ahead within the planned deadline.

As Russian president-designate Dmitry Medvedev was visiting Serbia in February, Gazprom's CEO Alexei Miller and public natural gas enterprise Srbijagas Director Saša Ilić signed the pipeline agreement.

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