Serbia Needs to 'Take Much Political Effort' to Join Turkish Stream

BELGRADE - Serbia should immediately join the talks on construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project. Otherwise, the country risks facing a serious shortage of gas supplies, former Serbian diplomat and author Srecko Djukic said.

According to Djukic, Turkish Stream would give Serbia an opportunity to get out of the "jungle" the country found itself in after the South Stream pipeline projects were cancelled, for which "Bulgaria is to blame" first of all.

"We need major gas pipelines which I call highways of the 21st century," he told Sputnik Serbian.

Meanwhile, during his recent visit to Hungary, Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled that Moscow is ready to renew energy partnership with Bulgaria despite the disappointment over the cancellation of the South Stream project.

Djukic noted that Putin's remark should be regarded as kind of a "pardon"...