OREANDA-NEWS. October 11, 2007. A Gazprom delegation chaired by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee visited the Republic of Serbia.

Within the visit Alexey Miller met with Boris Tadic, President of the Republic of Serbia and Voislav Koshtunitsa, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia.

The parties discussed issues related to cooperation in the oil and gas sector. Special attention was paid to the prospects of executing the major investment projects in Serbia. The parties specified that Gazprom examined as the integrated comprehensive project the issues relevant to the Company’s participation in privatizing NIS (Naftna Industrija Srbije - Serbian Oil Industry), to development of gas transportation system in Serbia in the frames of the South Stream project and UGS capacities to supply gas to the Republic and transit to third countries. The parties pointed out that relevant project decision making was synchronous with the project execution and must be examined in the form of the comprehensive project.

The parties addressed the prospects on setting up the Russian-Serbian Yugorosgaz joint venture.