PM: EU and Russia must resolve South Stream issues

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić said on Wednesday that he expects the South Stream gas pipeline project "to be implemented."

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 11.12.2013.

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SOFIA Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday that he expects the South Stream gas pipeline project "to be implemented." The demands of the European Commission concerning the pipeline "must be tackled through discussions between representatives of Russia and the European Union," he added. PM: EU and Russia must resolve South Stream issues "In Serbia, everything has been done according to our legislation. Serbia does not have a problem with the South Stream, and it is in our interest that construction works in this project go ahead, because we cannot depend on gas supplies coming from a single direction, via Ukraine. There have been periods when we had ice-cold winters," Dacic said at a joint press conference with Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski in Sofia. Dacic said he expects that the largest project in Europe will be implemented, and that representatives of the Russian Federation and the European Union will find a solution. A gas interconnection between Sofia and Nis is also important for Serbia, Dacic said, adding that this project will be worked on. "The more alternative (supply) routes there are, the better for us," Dacic said, adding that he sees the South Stream as an economic project, not as a political one. Bulgaria's Prime Minister said his country will "fully take into account any European Commission demands regarding the South Stream." Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, the European Commission's internal energy market director, said in Brussels recently at a conference on South Stream that bilateral agreements between Russia's Gazprom and the countries involved in the South Stream project - including Serbia - are contrary to EU regulations, and that the countries need to renegotiate the agreements. (Beta, file) Tanjug

PM: EU and Russia must resolve South Stream issues

"In Serbia, everything has been done according to our legislation. Serbia does not have a problem with the South Stream, and it is in our interest that construction works in this project go ahead, because we cannot depend on gas supplies coming from a single direction, via Ukraine. There have been periods when we had ice-cold winters," Dačić said at a joint press conference with Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski in Sofia.

Dačić said he expects that the largest project in Europe will be implemented, and that representatives of the Russian Federation and the European Union will find a solution.

A gas interconnection between Sofia and Nis is also important for Serbia, Dačić said, adding that this project will be worked on.

"The more alternative (supply) routes there are, the better for us," Dačić said, adding that he sees the South Stream as an economic project, not as a political one.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister said his country will "fully take into account any European Commission demands regarding the South Stream."

Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, the European Commission's internal energy market director, said in Brussels recently at a conference on South Stream that bilateral agreements between Russia's Gazprom and the countries involved in the South Stream project - including Serbia - are contrary to EU regulations, and that the countries need to renegotiate the agreements.

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