On the first day of the New Year, the Balkan Stream was put into operation in the Vojvodina town of Gospodjinci.
Serbia is fully committed to the diversification and development of energy infrastructure, in the interest of its economy and not on political, but on economically sustainable bases, a senior Serbian official told Tanjug regarding the reaction from the USA to the commissioning of the Balkan Stream gas pipeline.
Radio Voice of America estimated earlier today that the construction of that gas pipeline, which transports Russian gas through Turkey, Bulgaria to Serbia and Hungary, has increased Serbia’s dependence on energy from Russia.
Tanjug’s unnamed source points out that “some commentators are biased in their attacks on Serbia and President Vucic because of their work on the development of gas infrastructure, which is vital for the Serbian economy, but at the same time connects our neighbors.”
– These are countries that are members of the EU and NATO, and through whose territories that infrastructure comes to Serbia, and yet, in the view of those media, only Serbia deserves criticism, due to concern for its own economy and availability of energy – says the Serbian official.
– I want to remove any dilemma: Serbia is fully committed to the Washington Agreement, and the development of infrastructure in energy supply in the interest of our economy, not on ideological, not political, but on economically sustainable bases – Tanjug’s interlocutor pointed out.
We are looking forward, he says, to record numbers in exchange and investments with the USA in 2021.
On the first day of the New Year, in the town of Gospodjinci in Vojvodina, the Balkan Stream was put into operation, with the conclusion that Serbia thus provides a second, more stable route of gas supply, which no longer goes only through Ukraine, Srbija Danas reports.
