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He also welcomed the fact that already this year more than two billion cubic meters of natural gas arrived in Hungary on this transit route, which greatly helps the preparation for winter.
He emphasized that
in our country, the storage capacity currently covers more than 48 percent of the annual consumption, while the European Union average is 25 percent.
He also touched on the fact that Turkey is also unavoidable in terms of diversification of supply, as it is not only involved in the transport of natural gas from Azerbaijan, but negotiations are also underway for direct procurement from the Turkish side.
He then added: they also agreed on close cooperation in the field of nuclear energy, especially considering that Turkey and Hungary are building a power plant with the same technology with the same contractor, so it is important to exchange experiences.
The minister emphasized that Turkey could become one of the world’s ten largest economies in the future, and the EU would therefore greatly need this cooperation, as the continent’s competitiveness is constantly weakening, and it would be a “huge luxury” to lose the establishment of a close relationship with the emerging neighboring country. .
That is why we are advocating that the cooperation between the European Union and Turkey be once again based on respect and honesty, and that there should be a closer partnership between the parties than ever before, as this would help improve Europe’s physical and energy security, as well as our competitiveness.
– he underlined, calling it important to modernize the customs union and grant visa exemption as soon as possible.
Finally, he touched on the topic of the war in Ukraine and again called for a cease-fire and peace talks.
We continue to believe that there is no battlefield solution and that there will be no better conditions for peace negotiations than the present. Yesterday’s conditions were better than today’s and tomorrow’s conditions will be worse than today’s
he said.
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