The settlement of the clearing debt of the Russian Federation with the construction of a gas pipeline in Macedonia and introducing charter flights between the two countries was announced by Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in his interview with the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS, given before his visit to Russia.

PM Gruevski stresses in his interview that it is important for Macedonia to realize a more concrete cooperation with Russia in the field of energy.

“Our two countries have struck an initial deal for settlement of the clearing debt of the Russian Federation accrued during the time we were still part of former Yugoslavia. That settlement could be effectuated through building a gas pipeline along the Klecovce-Stip-TEC Negotino-Kavadarci route, Macedonia’s main gas transportation artery,” he says.