“I hope by the end of the year. We have done our work ... now we are waiting for the Bulgarian side to complete its work and connect the pipelines. And then, I hope, we will get the first volumes of gas by the end of the year ... They say September, but I'm always skeptical, so I say - until the end of the year, ”RIA Novosti quoted Vucic as saying.

He added that this “will be huge and very important news” for the citizens of Serbia, as well as for the country's industry.

Vucic previously estimated the country's expected annual income from participating in the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project at $ 185 million.