Serbia receives Russian gas at 'fantastic' prices. At the same time, Gazprom's products cover approximately two-thirds of the country's demand for "blue fuel"
This statement was made by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in his televised address to the people..
He said, what from 3,2 billion cubic meters of natural gas consumed in the country two billion are supplied from the Russian Federation.
We receive two billion cubic meters from Russia, what is 63-64% all our needs, we pay 800 million euros, fantastic price! – told Vucic.
To confirm his words, he cited today's prices as an example.. If Serbia bought additionally for them 1,2 billion cubic meters of gas, it would cost the country many times more. Serbs would have to pay almost another five billion euros.
Fortunately, we managed to procure before this hard time, otherwise we would be bankrupt" – noted the President of Serbia.
Shortly before that, he made another successful deal.. Vučić managed to reach an agreement with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on the Hungarian side providing Serbia with its gas storage facilities..
Serbia also has its own UGS facilities, but they are not enough. For example, in the "Banatski Dvor" vault there were almost 250 million cubic meters of "blue fuel".
Now the country is actively preparing for the winter cold, storing gas. Total, as previously stated by Vucic, its stocks are currently enough for the time being 50 days. used photos:https://vucic.rs/
