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The president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, stated this Saturday that Belgrade will prevent the attack. align with Western sanctions against Russia while it can and will dialogue with them. with the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, to sign a new gas supply agreement.
“Our duty is to fight for our country, stick to the decisions written by the National Security Council, as much as we can and while we can”, Vucic told TV Pink, as reported by the Bosnian television channel RTVBN.
Likewise, the president has explained that he hopes to hold talks next week on gas supply with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Last month at the UN Human Rights Council to suspend Russia from the group for its invasion of Ukraine. In return, the European Union exempted He warned Serbia of its sanctions on Russian imports of oil and gas.
In this sense, Vucic has assured that Serbia’s economy is totally dependent on Russian gas, and Belgrade hopes to negotiate a “good price” during the next talks with Moscow.
The Serbian president expects the future price of Russian gas to be between 450 and 619 dollars (between 426 and 586 euros) for 1,000 cubic meters. The current gas deal between Russia and Serbia expires on May 31.