Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks on a radio show KossuthHe expressed the view that Tayyip Erdoğan’s victory in the Turkish presidential election guarantees that gas from Russia will continue to flow uninterruptedly to Hungary via the Turkish Stream pipeline.
The head of government reminded that Hungary now only receives Russian gas from the southern route via Türkiye. According to him, it was very doubtful that this gas would reach Hungary and Serbia had the “pro-American leader” won.
According to Orban, Erdogan’s main rival in the presidential election, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, is a “pro-American leader”. The Prime Minister also admitted that he welcomed Erdogan’s election victory with “great relief”. He noted that the President of Turkey could act as an intermediary in resolving the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
Previously at the Central Election Commission of Türkiye summarized Final results of the second round of the presidential elections in the republic. President of the Supreme Election Board of Turkey, Ahmet Yener, said that according to the final results of the second round of voting in the presidential elections, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received 52.18 percent of the votes, that is 27 million 834 thousand 589 votes, and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu – 47.82 votes. % and 25 million 504 thousand 704 bulletins).
Source: Gazeta
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