Russian authorities continue diplomatic activities with Serbia, Hungary

Russian authorities continue diplomatic activities with Serbia and Hungary to discuss cooperation opportunities. The telephone conversations could be used as testing grounds to understand the intentions of Moscow’s closest allies. 

Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev spoke with his Serbian counterpart Alexander Vucic, while the Kremlin announced that President Vladimir Putin spoke with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic.  

‘Current bilateral cooperation matters and opportunities for future joint projects in the energy sector following the decision not to go ahead with the South Stream project were the subjects of discussion’ reads the note. 

A separate statement reported that Medvedev told Vucic that the decision to suspend the construction of the gas pipeline has to do with an insufficient cooperation within the European Union.

‘Vucic said that the decision to suspend the construction of gas pipeline South Stream is very bad news for Serbia’ the website of the Serbian Government reported.