EU Pledges to Aid Serbia Amid Energy Crisis  

The European Union, EU has pledged to allocate 165 million dollars to aid Serbia amid the ongoing energy crisis,

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen made the remarks after she met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at a gas infrastructure construction site near the city of Nis in Serbia.

Report says President Vucic and Von der Leyen toured the construction work at the Serbia-Bulgaria gas interconnector, which should be completed by September 2023.

Meanwhile, Von der Leyen called on Serbia to join the EU’s joint procurement of natural gas and highlighted the importance of diversification of gas procurement as well.

While, President Vucic hailed that the EU allocated support worth 500 million euros for the Western Balkans, related to investments in electrical transmission interconnection between countries in the region, and the EU co-financed the construction of natural gas pipeline interconnector with Bulgaria.

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