ITAR-TASS: Putin stresses importance of unblocking situation around South Stream pipeline
It is important to unblock the situation around the South Stream gas pipeline that will make a weighty contribution to Europe’s energy security, Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday in an interview with the Serbian newspaper Politika.
“I feel confident this project will contribute considerably to the comprehensive energy security of Europe,” he said. “Everyone stands to gain from it - Russia and the European consumers including Serbia as well.
The problem of gas transit via Ukraine is still in place and its obvious solution is to diversify gas supply routes, Putin said.
“If we speak about further prospects of Russian gas exports to Europe, obviously, the problem of transit via the Ukrainian territory still exists,” he said. “One of the evident solutions is to diversify supplies routes.”