Vučić openly admitted that he consciously failed to protect Serbia's interests

President Aleksandar Vučić stated that "Serbia gave up on arbitration and many other things to preserve friendship and partnership relations" with Russia.

With this sentence, the president admitted that his government consciously gave up on the rights of the Republic of Serbia guaranteed by law and international treaties, including the right to claim compensation from Gazprom in arbitration.

Such a decision may constitute a violation of the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia and the Law on Ratification of International Treaties.

We remind the public that the sale of the Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS) in 2008 was part of a broader energy agreement with Russia. At that time, Serbia agreed to sell NIS to Gazpromneft for a price that was only a third of the market value, with a promise that the loss would be compensated for by revenues from the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline.

South Stream was never built. The project was officially suspended in 2014 because Moscow refused to comply with European Union regulations. Instead of South Stream, Turkish Stream was created, which was not foreseen by the contract and which did not bring Serbia the promised benefits.

By abandoning the arbitration, President Vučić abandoned his constitutional duty to protect the property rights of the Republic of Serbia and to act "in the interests of the Republic of Serbia and its citizens".

GP "Solidarnost" demands that President Vučić:

1.) Publish all acts of the Government and ministries related to the possible abandonment of the arbitration with Gazprom;

2.) Deliver to the public the opinions of the Ministry of Justice and the Anti-Corruption Council on the legal consequences of such a decision;

3.) Explain the extent of the damage to the Serbian budget caused by the collapse of the South Stream contract and the abandonment of the arbitration claim.

And finally, to clearly tell the citizens at what point and for what reason Russia's interests became more important to him than the interests of Serbia.