Serbia may purchase natural gas from Azerbaijan until end of year

By the end of this year, the supply of natural gas from Azerbaijan may be started through the Bulgaria-Serbia Interconnector, said Serbia’s Minister of Mining and Energy, Dubravka Đedović Handanović, Report informs.

"The construction of the Serbia-Bulgaria gas interconnection, which will enable Serbia to connect to the TAP and TANAP gas pipelines, is in the final phase, and the works will be physically completed in mid-November, while work will be done in parallel to obtain the necessary permits," said Minister Đedović Handanović.

With the completion of the gas interconnection with Bulgaria, Serbia will also gain the opportunity to be supplied with gas from Azerbaijan and the LNG terminal in Greece, in addition to Russian gas, said the minister.