“The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Peter Szijarto, said that his country “will not be affected” by the termination of gas transit through Ukraine thanks to the Turkish Stream gas pipeline. Source: Sijarto at the Istanbul Energy Forum, Haberler, “European Truth” Details: According to Sijarto, Hungary “will not be affected” by the termination of gas transit through Ukraine thanks to the Turkish Stream gas pipeline.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Peter Szijarto, said that his country “will not be affected” by the termination of gas transit through Ukraine thanks to the Turkish Stream gas pipeline.
Source: Siyarto at the Istanbul Energy Forum, Haberler, “European Truth”
Details: As Sijarto stated, Hungary “will not suffer” from the termination of gas transit through Ukraine thanks to the Turkish Stream gas pipeline. He stressed that the search for alternative routes is not underway.
“Thanks to Turkish Stream, we don’t need it,” he emphasized.
He stated that “the suspension of transit through Ukraine has no influence on Hungary.”
“Because a few years ago, we built the Turkish Stream together with Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia and Russia. Now Hungary supplies natural gas through the Turkish Stream,” Sijarto said.
According to him, Hungary imports more than 20 million cubic meters of gas every day, which is a new record. This year, more than 6.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas arrived in Hungary through Turkish Stream, which is more than in the whole of last year.
“Therefore, thanks to this investment, which we made several years ago, the interruption of gas transit through Ukraine is of no importance to us,” he concluded.
We will remind you that some EU countries still maintain a significant level of dependence on Russian gas and oil, which they receive through pipelines. These include Hungary, Austria and Slovakia.
Ukraine’s transit agreement with Russia’s Gazprom expires in 2024, and the Ukrainian government has confirmed that it is not going to renew it.
At the same time, Hungary plans to increase the supply of Russian gas, which arrives there via Turkish Stream.