Állítsd be a Telexet megbízható forrásnak!Serbia and Mol have successfully resolved all remaining issues with regard to the transaction involving the National Petroleum Company of Serbia (NIS), Serbian Energy Minister Dubravka Đedović announced on her Instagram page on Wednesday evening. According to the minister, the parties reached a compromise on the shareholders' agreement, agreeing, among other things, that if Russia’s Gazpromneft signs an agreement with Mol about its 56.15 percent stake in NIS, and the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) also approves the transaction, Serbia will purchase an additional 5 percent of NIS shares (which will give the Serbian government a say in major decisions). Mol also committed to operating the Pančevo refinery in a manner consistent with previous practices, maintaining an annual average capacity at least as high as it was in the four years prior to the introduction of the US sanctions.Mol also announced on Thursday that it had successfully concluded negotiations with the Serbian government about the NIS transaction. “Discussions with the seller and the relevant authorities are continuing in order to finalize the transaction,” the brief statement said.OFAC imposed sanctions on NIS in January 2025, citing the fact that the company is majority-owned by Russia’s Gazprom. However, the United States delayed the enforcement of the sanctions for a long time, eventually enforcing them in October of last year. Mol made an offer for NIS in January of this year, but negotiations started to stall in the spring. The U.S. license originally set a deadline of May 22 for the parties to reach an agreement; Mol was granted two-week extensions in the second half of May and in early June to allow time to close the negotiations. NIS’s operation license is valid until June 16.For more quick, accurate and impartial news from and about Hungary, subscribe to the Telex English newsletter!