Gazprom Will Send More Gas to Croatia

Croatia’s agreement with Gazprom is valid until next year and Croatia will probably pay twice as high a price it is paying now.

Croatia’s Economy Minister Damir Polancec and a Croatian delegation visited Moscow after five years. This regenerated the work of a Russian-Croatian Inter-government Commission for various forms of cooperation. The signing of the new agreement is planned for Thursday, the Vecernji list daily reported. 

The main subject of talks was the energy sector and the two sides again began talks about the transport of Russian gas via Croatian territory, as well as connecting Croatia to the South Stream pipeline.

The Croatian delegation said that Croatia was dependant on Gazprom’s gas, despite which Polancec managed to increase its delivery from 1.15 to 2.6 billion cubic metres a year.

The government requested the increase in the delivery of gas because it believes gas consumption will increase and there is a possibility of gas being delivered from Algiers. The agreement between Gazprom and Croatia is valid until next year, but the price Croatia will pay has not yet been set, although it is presumed it will be twice as high as the price so far.