00:00Serbian President Aleksandr Vucic has said that explosives were found near a pipeline
00:06that carries gas from Russia to Serbia and Hungary.
00:10He said that two large packages of explosives with detonators were found inside backpacks
00:16in northern Serbia's Kanjiza, close to the Balkan Stream pipeline.
00:21The pipeline is an extension of the Perk Stream.
00:24Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban confirmed he had been informed by Vucic.
00:30There were no details provided on who may have placed the explosives near the gas pipeline or why.
00:36Instead, Vucic said there were certain traces but was unwilling to elaborate on what they were.
00:43Oil and gas pipeline infrastructure connections with Russia have been in the headlines in recent months,
00:48with the Druzhba pipeline that carries oil to Hungary and Slovakia being damaged in a Russian strike earlier this year.
00:56Hungary has accused Ukraine of deliberately taking its time with the pipeline's repair
01:01and has vetoed a €90 billion loan package from the EU to Kyiv.
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