Authorities in Macedonia are seriously looking into opportunities for the country to join Nabucco, according to Minister of Economy Fatmir Besimi, quoted by Macedonian daily Vecer.

Macedonia is eying participation in "Europe's strategic gas projects" and is interested in participating in Nabucco, said Besimi.

He also added that his country should be looking into the potential of benefiting from gas transit through its territory.

According to the Macedonian economy minister, his country has to seize all opportunities to joint regional and international gas networks "to acquire the name of a transit zone both in natural gas in specific and in energy in general."

Nabucco is a much-cherished EU energy project, hoped to effect the much-vaunted European South Energy Corridor in a bid to ensure the security of gas deliveries to Europe and decrease dependence on Russia.

When completed, it will deliver gas from Iraq and Azerbaijan, Iraq and Turkmenistan through Turkey and Bulgaria and on to Austria.

This far Macedonia has not been included in Nabucco and the pipe is not set to pass through its territory, but authorities have been active in exploring opportunities of Macedonia's joining various energy projects, most notably Nabucco's rival, Russian-sponsored South Stream.

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