Kremlin eyes Balkan energy routes

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Croatian capital, Zagreb, on 24 June to attend a summit on energy cooperation in Southeastern Europe. The summit began 23 June.

High on the agenda for Putin will be a project to link up Russia’s Druzhba and Croatia’s Adria oil pipelines.

Croatian President Stipe Mesic called the summit, which will bring together Putin and 10 heads of state from the Balkan region (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia and Serbia).

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