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Ban on Serbia importing oil through JANAF condemned

Belgrade, 6 October 2022

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic stated today that Croatia's decision to ban the import of oil to our country through the JANAF oil pipeline has nothing to do with the introduction of sanctions against Russia, describing it a political retaliation by Croatia and a hostile gesture by that country towards Serbia.

Brnabic told TV Happy that Serbia only asked that after 27 years someone be held accountable for the crimes committed against children and old women.

She said that Serbia gets 50 percent of the oil it uses through JANAF, that now we will pay at least 20 percent more, and added that we do not have an alternative oil pipeline.

JANAF was constructed by Yugoslavia, Serbia and the citizens of Serbia and it is now being used against us. This decision changed everything, said the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister pointed out that the EU countries, which have much greater financial aid from the Union than Serbia, are exempt from that decision while Serbia is not.

Brnabic, pointing out that energy is being used for political purposes, stated that everything has changed since yesterday and that nothing is the same in our relationship with the EU, let alone in the relationship with Croatia.

Answering the question whether the contracts that JANAF has with NIS must be respected, she gave a negative response, adding that Serbia cannot use oil from Russia because sanctions have been introduced.

According to her, there is an alternative, but that Serbia, our economy and citizens will have to pay more for oil.