Russian and Gazprom officials have presented their "development and investment plans for NIS" to Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antić. This took place as Antić was meeting in Moscow with Gazprom Neft CEO Aleksandr Dyukov and Russian Minister of Energy Aleksandr Novak, Tanjug reported.
Gazprom Neft is the majority owner of Serbia's previously state-held oil monopoly, NIS.
The plans, the news agency said, "aim to make the company energy leader in the Balkan region."
"Gazprom Neft is ready to enter into certain energy projects if Serbia, as a partner in NIS, has an interest in it also becoming an energy company," Antić told Tanjug on Thursday.
Antić said that both sides believe that strengthening NIS - in which Serbia has a 30-percent stake - is their common interest reports B92.