Bajatovic: There is no and there will be no gas crisis in Serbia

BELGRADE - Srbijagas Director General and Socialist Party of Serbia MP Dusan Bajatovic said on Tuesday there was no and there would be no gas crisis in Serbia and that there would be sufficient quantities of natural gas in the country.

"There will be no Serbia that is without gas. We know that already, and we also know how. I cannot speak about this publicly. There will be no electricity shortages either. There will be no (fuel) canisters," Bajatovic said in the parliament during a debate on amendments to the law on the unified electoral roll.

He said work was underway to solve the issue of Serbia's Russian majority-owned oil company NIS, now under US sanctions.

"I am not authorised to talk about this, but since I have often been urged in the media to do so, I will tell you this: there is no gas crisis, and there will be none. There will be sufficient gas for households, that price will not be changed, and there will be sufficient gas for the industry. Those who want to invest in Serbia should have no doubts about that," Bajatovic said.

Noting that he was unable to "reveal more details," he said:

"And now, excuse me - I will be looking to get back from Hungary as soon as possible."