The Serbian government plans to grant the national project status to the construction of the Serbian section of the South Stream gas pipeline before the end of January.
“ The government has already written up a draft law associated with giving the South Stream project the status of a national project ,” Serbia’s Finance and Economics Minister, Mladjan Dinkic , said in a statement.
According to him, the decision will be taken this month. The Minister stressed that the South Stream is strategically important to Serbia.
Giving South Stream a national project status will give a number of benefits to the future construction. In particular, this will pave the way for the expropriation of land for the pipeline.
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LNG World News Staff, January 15, 2013; Image: South Stream