MINA: Macedonia Officially joins South Stream Gas pipeline

Macedonia officially becomes part of the "South Stream" pipeline project. Today's handing over of the draft-agreement is a confirmation by the Russian Federation and Gazprom company that Macedonia is part of the energy project, whose construction is planned to start by year's end and to be completed by late 2015.

"There's no more dilemma - Macedonia is joining the international gas pipeline corridor "South Stream" as it has been agreed between PM Nikola Gruevski and (Russian) President Vladimir Putin. We've received the text of the draft-agreement on Macedonia's participation into the "South Stream" project," Vice Premier and Minister of Finance Zoran Stavreski stated Tuesday in Nizhny Novgorod, where the 6th session of the Mixed Macedonian-Russian Commission was held.  MORE