2024-06-10 18:40:27
This yr, Hungary is relying on gasoline from Turkey and Qatar.
As Day.Az reported on Wednesday close to Pattern, Hungarian International Minister Peter Szijjártó said this at panel discussions inside the Baku Power Week.
He famous that Hungary’s annual gasoline demand is about 10 billion cubic meters, and solely 10-15 p.c of it may be lined by Hungary by itself.
Based on him, as a way to guarantee Hungary’s vitality safety and fulfill its obligations to the individuals, the nation now nonetheless wants Russian gasoline.
“With out Russian gasoline, there may be no vitality safety for Hungary now. Such safety can come up if gasoline provides are elevated, for instance, from Azerbaijan, Turkey and Qatar. However this requires infrastructure, and this subject is now being mentioned,” Szijjártó emphasised.
He expressed assist for the Ring of Solidarity and Vertical Hall tasks.
The minister additionally famous that already this yr the Hungarian gasoline system will obtain and account for Qatari gasoline.
“Within the spring, we launched the primary 50 million cubic meters of Azerbaijani gasoline into our system. As well as, this yr we’re relying on Turkish gasoline,” Szijjarto mentioned.
He urged to not politicize the difficulty of gasoline provides.
“The EU’s political statements is not going to assist us ship gasoline and supply the inhabitants with gasoline. I’ve been in authorities for 10 years and am conscious of this duty,” Szijjarto added.
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