The Government of Bosnia’s Federation (FBiH) entity adopted a decision to increase the price of gas by 23.3 percent due to a request from Gazprom, FBiH Minister of Energy, Mining and Industry, Nermin Dzindic said on Thursday.

“The decision to increase the price of gas by 23.3 percent was adopted,” he said, explaining that it was done due to a direct request from Gazprom to the supplier for the entity, Energoinvest.

“Energoinvest urgently demanded a correction from the FBiH Ministry of Trade and the FBiH Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry”, he said following an FBiH Government session.