Serbia expects to receive additional volumes of natural gas from Russia in the period January-February 2022. This was announced on Wednesday by the head of state of our western neighbor Alexander Vucic at the annual closing press conference, TASS correspondent reports.
"From January 1, gas will be delivered to us at a price of $ 270 per 1,000 cubic meters, but we pay for the extra amount of gas we take, and because of the development of industry, because of the development of Serbia as a whole, it is necessary. that we will receive more volume from our Russian partners for January and February 2022 than provided, so that we will have an incomparably lower price even for those additional volumes that were not agreed in advance and that we did not need in 2020 and 2021, "said the Serbian leader.
Vucic emphasized that Serbia buys 2 to 5 million cubic meters of gas every day. "I hope we will finish this issue during the talks with [Russian President] Vladimir Putin and [Gazprom CEO] Alexei Miller. We are buying gas in the West, so we want additional volumes from Russia. We hope to get them at low prices. "
On November 25th, as a result of talks between Putin and Vucic in Sochi, Russia kept the price of gas for Serbia at $ 270 for six winter months, after which Belgrade will receive favorable terms from Moscow under a long-term contract. According to the Serbian leader, these conditions are exceptional.
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