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Energy minister: NIS now needs a Gazprom Neft-MOL agreement

June 19, 2026, 08:06 PMUpdated: June 19, 2026, 08:06 PM

Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said that, after signing the shareholder agreement with MOL, the Serbian side has completed its part of the NIS talks. She said Gazprom Neft and MOL now need to agree on the sale, with an outcome acceptable to the US Treasury's OFAC.

Signing of the Serbian government and MOL agreement on NIS management
Photo: N1, Nenad Kostic / Ministry of Mining and EnergyImage credit: Nenad Kostic / Ministarstvo rudarstva i energetike

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Djedovic Handanovic: I hope Gazprom Neft and MOL can agree on NIS

N1 reports Energy Minister Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic's statement: by signing the shareholder agreement with MOL, the Serbian side has completed its part of the NIS negotiations. She said she now hopes Gazprom Neft and the Hungarian company can reach a sale agreement for NIS that will be acceptable to the US Treasury's OFAC. The article was published on June 19 at 16:19 and follows the Serbian-Hungarian agreement signed on June 16.

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