Botsan Kharchenko: MOL and Gazprom Neft talks about NIS are ongoing, negotiations of this kind are difficult

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Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Serbia Aleksandr Botsan Kharchenko said today that the talks between MOL and Gazprom Neft about NIS are ongoing and that such talks are difficult, but expressed hope that a final result would be reached and would be satisfactory for everyone.

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"There have been some more statements and information these days, that is, assessments of the talks. We also heard from representatives of Gazprom Neft that talks of this kind are very complicated," Botsan Kharchenko told TV Prva, when asked if he thought that the final negotiations between MOL and Gazprom Neft would soon take place.

On July 1, the Hungarian oil company MOL received the approval from the US OFAC to continue negotiations with Gazprom Neft on the purchase of the Russian stake in NIS. The license lasts until July 31.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department has extended the operating license for the continued operation of NIS, also until July 31.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)