Analysts say it would be quicker and easier for Serbia to get liquid natural gas from Croatia rather than Greece. But relations between the governments in Belgrade and Zagreb have deteriorated.
Milica Stojanovic
When Serbian gas czar Dusan Bajatovic appeared on the country’s public broadcaster on Tuesday, he said his priority for this year would be securing a path for LNG supplies from Alexandropoulos, in Greece, with a new interconnector to North Macedonia.
The head of state-owned Srbijagas made no mention of neighbouring Croatia, which also operates a liquified natural gas terminal on the northern Adriatic island of Krk.
This might appear odd given that just two weeks earlier, Croatian Economy Minister Ante Susnjar had told an energy conference that Zagreb was “moving forward” with a gas interconnector with Serbia, connecting it to Krk.
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