Vucic: Gov't should set up troubleshooting team for potential US sanctions on NIS

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic requested on Tuesday that the government set up a troubleshooting team to act in case the US imposed sanctions on Serbia's majority Russian-owned oil company NIS.

At a government session, Vucic said he would like PM Milos Vucevic to head the team, which he noted should be comprised of not only cabinet members but also of other people capable of negotiating the matter with both the Russian and the US side.

"Make a broader team and let's prepare for something that will be extremely important and a huge challenge for both the government and the country. We cannot afford to be left without oil or to consume our oil reserves and have no security," Vucic said.

He also asked the government to set up a team for talks with Russia's energy firm Gazprom about a new natural gas arrangement.

He said Srbijagas Acting...