Russia’s Putin to push new Balkan energy strategy

Russian President Vladimir Putin flies to Croatia on Sunday to launch a new energy strategy for the Balkan countries of southeast Europe.

At a meeting in Zagreb, Putin will address Croatian host President Stipe Mesic and the presidents of Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia.

“This is the start of an energy dialogue by Russia with the whole of the region,” Kremlin press officer Oleg Tsatsurin told journalists. “That’s the task of the summit, to establish general principles of cooperation.”

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