Serbia: Dinkic Underlines Importance of South Stream Pipeline

Politics ♦ Published: January 19, 2013; 16:32 ♦ (Vindobona)

The South Stream pipeline is a “national project” and of vital interest for Serbia, Minister of Economics Mladjan Dinkic says.

Serbia: Dinkic Underlines Importance of South Stream Pipeline / Picture: © Vindobona.org

At the beginning of November, the Russian energy group Gazprom has negotiated the last conditions of the contract with Serbia. In Serbia, the investment volume comes at € 1.7bn. According to Gazprom, 2,200 new jobs will be created in Serbia. In Serbia, the pipeline has a length of 300 kilometers. Russian Gazprom and Serbian Srbijagas have already established…