Dusan Bajatovic, the director of Serbia’s state-owned natural gas provider, Srbijagas, was removed from a meeting with the Minister Zorana Mihajlovic over “disrespecting the institutions of the Government of Serbia,” the Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry said on Saturday.

Minister Mihajlovic said that public companies from that sector „will not be able to work as before,” that she expects faster and more efficient work and that she expects the directors to behave „responsibly,” the statement said.

The meeting was attended by the directors of Elektroprivreda Srbije, Milorad Grcic, ODS „EPS Distribucija“, Bojan Atlagic, Elektromreza Srbije, Jelena Matejic, Transnafta, Bogdan Kuzmanovic, JP PEU Resavica, Marko Vukovic and Gian Simin, CEO of Serbia Zijin Bor Copper.

Transportgas director Stevan Dukic did not attend the meeting, „for which he will be called to account“, and Dusan Bajatovic (an official of the Socialist Party of Serbia who lost control of the Energy Ministry) was removed from the meeting „for disrespecting the institution Government of Serbia „.