UMongameli waseSerbia u-Serbia u-Alexander Vucich wethule ngokusemthethweni isiza se-Turkish Sark Pipeline site kusuka eRussia, esaziwa ngokuthi umfudlana waseBalkan. Izinsizakalo ezintsha kufanele zinciphise kakhulu amanani entengo kaphethiloli zabantu futhi bahehe abatshalizimali abasha, abahlaziyi abaqinisekisiwe.
Ngesikhathi somkhosi osemthethweni, owayebanjelwe ngosuku lokuqala loNyaka oMusha, uVuchich wathi leli lizwe laphenduka "okucebile kakhulu" ngenxa yepayipi legesi. Ngokusho kwakhe, intengo kaphethiloli emngceleni neBulgaria izoba ngama- $ 155 (ngaphandle kwezindleko ezingezekile zenethiwekhi yangaphakathi) uma iqhathaniswa nentengo yamanje yama- $ 240.
"Ngale ntambo, singanikeza ukungena kwezimali ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene zeSerbia. Ngibonga uMongameli waseRussia ukuthola isipho "soNyaka oMusha!" - Kubhalwe phambilini inhloko yeSerbia kubhulogi lakhe, ephawula ukuthi ipayipi legesi elingamakhilomitha angama-400 anamandla wonyaka we-cubic metres we-cubic metres ye-turkish iprojekthi yemvelo, eyethulwa ekuqaleni kuka-2020.
Igesi yaseRussia ihanjiswa eTurkey engxenyeni yokuqala yendlela, futhi igatsha lesibili lifinyelela umngcele waseTurkey wase-Europe futhi lifinyelela abathengi baseYurophu, kufaka neBulgaria, iHungary naseSerbia. I-Russian Ambassador eya eSerbia Alexarder Botozhan-Kharchenko, owayebuyele emcimbini, wathi ipayipi legesi kungenye yamaphrojekthi amakhulu phakathi kwalawa mazwe amabili. Uzokwazi ukunika uSerbia ithuba lokuthuthukisa ingqalasizinda yalo yamandla futhi akwenze kube yizwe lokuhamba.
Njengomunye umsebenzi omkhulu wamandla waseRussia, i-North Stream-2, ukwakhiwa kwako kusesigabeni sokugcina, i-Turkish Stream Pidge Pipeline yabhubhana ngaphansi kwemithi yase-US, futhi washington wasabisa ngokujezisa inkampani ebamba iqhaza kulo. I-Serbia, eyayikuthole ngaphambili igesi yaseRussia nge-Hungary nase-Ukraine futhi yafuna ukungeniswa okushibhile, ichaze ilungelo lakhe lokukhetha abahlinzeki futhi lithi abahlinzeki baseRussia bazuzisa kakhulu izwe. UVucich washo nokuthi "ngeke akhokhele izifiso zezombusazwe zomunye umuntu kanye nemizamo ye-rack yemizamo yenqubomgomo yakwamanye amazwe."