Vucic said on & nbsp; Tuesday that & nbsp; November 24 & nbsp; plans a trip to & nbsp; Moscow, and expects & nbsp; November 25 & nbsp; ; Putin.
According to the Serbian leader, with the leadership of the Russian Federation it is necessary to agree on the price, volume of gas and the duration of the contract. Serbia now receives Russian gas at $ 270 per 1,000 cubic meters, the contract expires at the end of the year.
“ Don't & nbsp; forget that & nbsp; we & nbsp; on & nbsp; day on the & nbsp; market we buy at & nbsp; 3 & minus; 4 million cubic meters of gas along with & nbsp; what & nbsp; we get under & nbsp; & nbsp; a long-term contract with & nbsp; raquo; to help & nbsp; & mdash; said Vucic in & nbsp; & nbsp; TV Happy.
According to & nbsp; his data, 1.8 million cubic meters per day goes only to & nbsp; Novi Sad CHP. Vucic pointed out & nbsp; increased gas consumption, so in & nbsp; underground gas storage Banatski Dvor on October 14 & nbsp; there were 262 million cubic meters, and & nbsp; today there are 161 million cubic meters.
“ We & nbsp; will now ask President Putin to approve volumes for & nbsp; 10 years at & nbsp; 3 billion cubic meters per & nbsp; year & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; emphasized Vucic.
He & nbsp; added that & nbsp; it is necessary to increase the Banatski Dvor UGS facility by another & nbsp; 250 million cubic meters.
Now Russia & nbsp; & mdash; in fact, the only supplier of natural gas to & nbsp; Serbia, which in & nbsp; in recent years received over 2 billion cubic meters of this gas via & nbsp; pipe through & nbsp; Ukraine and & nbsp; Hungary. Official launch of Russian gas into & nbsp; Serbian gas transmission system through & nbsp; Bulgaria from & nbsp; Turkish Stream gas pipeline took place on January 1 & nbsp.
As RIA Novosti reported in the & nbsp; operator Gastrans, at the & nbsp; first stage, the gas pipeline will provide transportation of about & nbsp; 4 billion cubic meters of gas in & nbsp; a year, which & nbsp; will fully cover the needs Serbia in & nbsp; natural gas. The & nbsp; same & nbsp; project is designed for & nbsp; an annual volume of up to & nbsp; 12.4 billion cubic meters of gas for & nbsp; Serbia and & nbsp; countries & nbsp; EU.