Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that he would consider the encroachment of Budapest and Belgrade’s ways to obtain Russian gas as a pretext for war. The American TV presenter quotes the words in an interview with Tucker Carlson: DEA News.
Orban noted that Hungary immediately described the decommissioning of Nord Stream as an act of terrorism.
“We Hungarians immediately made it clear that there is another pipeline – not the Nord Stream, but the southern stream from which gas comes from Russia along the southern corridor – Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary. Together with the Serbian Prime Minister, we made it very clear: If someone wants to do the same to the south corridor as was done to the northern corridor, we will consider it a cause of war, a terrorist attack, and we will act immediately. Answer,” he said. prime minister of hungary
Before that Orban declarationUkraine’s refusal to transport gas from the Russian Federation undermines Hungary’s energy security. According to him, “everything was fine” before sanctions were imposed on Russia and Nord Stream was undermined. The Hungarian politician noted that Budapest is now looking for new gas supply routes, and in this context, Turkish Stream and its branches, from which Russian gas is exported to Europe, including Hungary, are taken into account.
On 20 August, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó reportedFollowing the talks between Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Budapest, it was stated that Hungary will purchase 275 million cubic meters of natural gas from Turkey next year. m gas.
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