BELGRADE, November 8. /TASS/. Europe does not have enough energy resources and in case of a cold winter the heating season will be disrupted without gas supplies from Russia, Srbijagas General Director Dusan Bajatovic said.

"Without Russian gas, the solution to this equation is impossible. Europe is poor in energy resources. If the winter is cold, Europe will not have enough gas," Bajatovic said as quoted by the Radio and Television of Serbia.

As the head of Srbijagas underscored, amid difficulties with energy supplies, some European countries are resuming use of coal.

On September 4, at a meeting with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow and Belgrade need to resolve the issue of the expiring gas supply agreement. Vulin later said that he "cannot imagine" a situation in which Serbia would survive the current winter without Russian gas.

As Bajatovic noted later, Belgrade will start substantive talks with the Russian side on extending the expiring contract on gas supplies to the Balkan republic in the first quarter of 2025.