Serbia expects to start buying Azerbaijani gas in early 2024

Serbia expects to start purchasing Azerbaijani gas in early 2024.

The remarks came from the Minister of Mining and Energy of Serbia Dubravka Dzhedovich.

“Serbia became more involved in the Southern Gas Corridor project at a later stage, but we are rapidly working on becoming part of this route. This will allow us to diversify our sources of gas supplies and ensure their greater security,” Dzhedovich said at a ministerial meeting within the Advisory Council on the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) in Baku on February 4, Interfax reports.

According to her, the construction of the Bulgaria-Serbia gas interconnector will be completed in the autumn of 2023.

“We expect the first gas supplies [from Azerbaijan] at the beginning of 2024, which also depends on the speed of commercial negotiations of all interested parties. We hope for the maximum effectiveness of the negotiations so that gas from Azerbaijan can be delivered to Serbia as soon as possible,” the minister said.