Russia, Serbia discuss energy cooperation following South Stream freeze

 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic discussed further interaction in the power sector after Russia had frozen the South Stream gas project by telephone on Monday, TASS news agency reported.
“The telephone conversation dwelt on bilateral trade and economic cooperation as well as prospects for further interaction in the power sector in the wake of Russia’s decision to stop the South Stream project,” the Russian government’s press service said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on December 1 that the project to build the South Stream gas pipeline is closed due to the European Union’s unconstructive approach to cooperation in that sphere.
Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandr Vucic referred to Russia’s decision to curtail the South Stream gas pipeline project as bad news.