Hungarian Minister of Foreign and Foreign Economic Relations, Péter Szijjarto, said that Gazprom has so far been a reliable partner in gas supply and will deliver all contracted quantities of blue fuel to Hungary in case of problems on the northern and western routes. , reports DEA News”.
“Contracts have been signed, regularly implemented so far, the transit route is safe and the countries on it are reliable,” Szijjártó said.
He stressed that the volumes of gas transported by Russia along its southern route are much larger: about 88-90% of the contracted volume arrives every day. According to him, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak said that the volumes that could not be delivered via the northern and western lines for “technical reasons” would be delivered to the Hungarian side and “there is no need to count”. He said Gazprom would “turn off the tap”.
Formerly Szijjarto reportedHungary signed an agreement with Gazprom for the daily supply of 5.8 million cubic meters of gas via Turkish Stream and Serbia from 1 September.