Vucic: Azerbaijan has suspended gas supply to Serbia

Azerbaijan has suspended gas supplies to Serbia due to some problems it is facing, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Saturday.

"We have been informed by Azerbaijan that, due to the problems they are having, from today we can no longer count on the 1.7 million cubic meters of gas that comes to our country every day," Vučić said.

He added that Serbia will now start spending its reserves until Azerbaijan solves its problems.

"It was smart that we stockpiled. I hope that in a month or two they fix this. If not, count on the next four months to add and use the reserves. There will be no shortage of either gas or oil." , Vucic said.

Azerbaijan's decision comes a day after the United States placed Serbian Oil Industry on its sanctions list, insisting that the Serbian company not continue to be owned by Russia.

Serbia signed a natural gas supply agreement with Azerbaijan in September 2024 as part of efforts to diversify supply sources and reduce dependence on Russian gas, which it has relied on for more than a quarter of a century. .

Serbia and Azerbaijan signed the strategic partnership agreement in November 2023.

The Minister of Energy of Serbia, Dubravka Handanović Gedović, declared in September that during the winter, Serbia will be able to count on safe deliveries of about one million cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan.

Gas from Azerbaijan is sent to Serbia through a new pipeline in Bulgaria, which is partially financed by the European Union (EU). /REL/ (A2 Televizion)