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No one can bypass EU sanctions against Russia through Serbia, Vucic says

FILE PHOTO: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium August 17, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday no one can bypass EU sanctions against Russia through Serbia, which imports all of its gas from Russia and its sole oil company NIS is majority-owned by Gazprom Neft and Gazprom.

"We have reacted in cases of re-export of certain goods and our state bodies have detained people from companies that were involved in bypassing sanctions against the Russian Federation," Vucic said after meeting EU enlargement commissioner Oliver Verhelyi.

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