据国外媒体5月30日贝尔格莱德报道,塞尔维亚政府总理亚历山大·武契奇日前在接受美联社记者的一次采访中表示,他的国家将通过增加一条得到美国支持的把天然气从阿塞拜疆输送到欧洲的管道接受美国有关减少对俄罗斯天然气依赖的呼吁,这将是塞尔维亚政府的一个重大政策转变。
武契奇说:“关于能源安全,我们准备为塞尔维亚多元化天然气的来源,这对我们的美国朋友也非常重要。”
美国一直在鼓励巴尔干和其他国家推进跨亚得里亚海管道项目,而不是把他们的希望寄托在另外一个将把俄罗斯天然气通过土耳其输送到欧洲的管道项目上。
跨亚得里亚海管道将把阿塞拜疆天然气从里海输送到意大利。
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原文如下:
Serbia Ready to Reduce Dependence on Russian Gas
May 30, 2015
Global Oil & Gas News
In a major policy shift, the Serbian prime minister said his country will accept U.S. calls to reduce dependency on Russian gas by adding an American-backed pipeline that would bring gas to Europe from Azerbaijan.
"Regarding energy safety, we are ready to diversify the sources of gas for Serbia, which is very important for our American friends as well," Aleksandar Vucic told The Associated Press in an interview.
The United States has been encouraging Balkan and other states to move forward with the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, which will take Azeri gas from the Caspian Sea to Italy, rather than setting its hopes on another project that would pipe Russian gas through Turkey.