Serbia stated that he did not wish to participate in the construction of transmission infrastructure for gas " Turkish stream ", but believes that the Project will not have an opportunity to become a full replacement for the " South stream ", said the head of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic correspondents at the Embassy of their country in the Russian capital.

"of course, we need gas. If in 2018 Russia will stop gas flow through Ukraine, We will remain without gas. It ( "Turkish stream" - ed.) would be an alternative, but I just said, because It is not an adequate alternative to the "South stream", said Nikolic.

Thursday printed And electronic publications of Russia quoted from the statement of the President of Serbia about the fact that he ruled out the possibility of implementing the pipeline in the continuation of the "Turkish stream" within Serbia. Later, the presidential administration has rejected some of the published statements.

The project "Turkish stream" involves the construction of a gas pipeline with a capacity of 63 billion cubic meters of gas per year from Russia to Turkey across the Black sea, which will take on the Turkish-Greek border to 47 billion cubic meters of gas. It is planned that on the border of Turkey And Greece gas hub will be created, and EU countries are obliged to build their own gas transport capacity For the admission of this gas on its territory.

Nikolic recalled that shortly after the cancellation of the project " South stream ", which was "a big chance" for Serbia to make the transit of gas, there was the plan for the construction of " Turkish stream." We never said you don't want that, " said the head of Serbia, adding that his country would welcome a new project." of course, let us rejoice, If this "Turkish stream" will be done", said Nikolic.

along with this, he wondered, will have the opportunity to do the "Turkish stream" to enter the EU through Greece, "South stream" was not able to go through Bulgaria." If there is a contract, then the "flow" will come to the Greek border. And then it will be based from the European Commission, the energy contract, whether this "flow" conditions, which did not correspond to the "South stream", said Nikolic.

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