BELGRADE, Nov 5 - Russia is seeking a partner for

U.S.-sanctioned Serbia-based NIS oil company,

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday.

In remarks carried by local broadcaster Informer TV, Vucic

also said he will have "important meetings" in the next two days

with officials from the European Union and Russia to discuss the

fate of NIS, which is majority owned by Russia's Gazprom Neft

and Gazprom.