Gazprom CEO holds fourth meeting in a month with Serbian energy leaders
ST. PETERSBURG. June 5 (Interfax) - The CEO of Russian gas giant Gazprom , Alexei Miller has held his fourth public meeting in a month with top officials from Serbia's energy sector.
Miller held a working meeting with Serbian Mining and Energy Minister Dubravka Dedovic Handanovic on Thursday on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Gaprom reported.
"The meeting was held on the initiative of the Serbian side. The parties discussed the course of and outlook for cooperation in the energy sector," the company said in a press release.
The CEO of Srbijagas, Dusan Bajatovic met with Miller three times in St. Petersburg in May. The talks were held on May 14, 22 and 26, Gazprom reported earlier. Also on May 25, Srbijagas supervisory board chairman Aleksandar Vulin met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.
"The parties discussed the current state of Russian-Serbian cooperation in key areas, including energy, as well as the implementation process of agreements reached during the 21st meeting of the Russian-Serbian Intergovernmental Committee on Trade, Economic, Scientific, and Technical Cooperation, held on April 24 in Belgrade," the Foreign Ministry said after the meeting.
Gazprom's contract to supply Russian gas to Serbia expires at the end of June. The Gazprom Group is also currently holding negotiations on the sale of its stake in Serbian oil and gas company NIS to Hungary's MOL.
NIS, being a subsidiary of Russian oil company Gazprom Neft , was hit by U.S. sanctions in 2025. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said at the time that the United States was demanding the complete exit of Russian capital from NIS.
Earlier in May, officials in Belgrade said they were not happy with the revised proposal from the Hungarian company. Specifically, the Serbian side is unhappy with MOL's plans for the oil refinery in Pancevo.
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) accepted MOL's application and extended the deadline for negotiations to acquire a controlling stake in NIS to June 6, 2026.
