Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations, Peter Szijjarto, said that Hungary signed the agreement on gas purchases from Azerbaijan, without waiting for funds from the EU to be allocated for the development of infrastructure in the Balkans. He wrote this on his Facebook account (Meta’s owner was considered an extremist in Russia and was banned).
For Hungary, Azerbaijan is one of the most obvious sources of diversity, but Southeast Europe’s gas pipeline system is not designed for large volume purchases, Szijjarto said.
He added that Budapest applied to the EU on this issue, but that “Brussels bureaucrats did not even listen”.
“We are not waiting for the EU: we have signed all the necessary agreements with our Azerbaijani friends, who will start supplying Hungary for the first time this year with 100 million cubic meters of natural gas by the end of the year,” Szijjártó said. stressful.
In addition, Budapest and Baku may soon sign a contract for storage of 50 million cubic meters.
Before that, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation approved A loan from Hungary for the construction of the power units of Paks NPP.
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