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Hungary boasts a sharp increase in gas exports from Russia

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Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said Budapest plans to import a total of 6.7 billion cubic meters this year. Russian gas meter.

Gazprom Since the beginning of this year, it has exported 5.7 billion cubic meters of gas to Hungary, surpassing the amount imported last year. This was said by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the country, Peter Szijjártó, on the sidelines of St. Petersburg International Gas Forum.

According to him, Hungary plans to import a total of 6.7 billion cubic meters this year. Russian gas meter.

Szijjártó added that on Thursday between Budapest and Gazprom an additional long-term contract agreement will be concluded, which will provide the country with competitive prices. He added that next year Hungary hopes to have enough gas to “use the full power of Turkish Stream.” Earlier, he said that the capacity of the Turkish Stream entering the Serbian-Hungarian border is 8.5 billion cubic meters. meters.

Hungary receives natural gas from Russia through a pipeline Turkish Stream under a long-term contract.

Since the fall of 2023, there has been an additional agreement, which allows the receipt of additional volumes of gas.

As is known, this summer the Hungarian government agreed to the 14th package of sanctions with the EU, which includes restrictions on the supply of Russian liquefied gas (LNG) in exchange for the fact that there are no measures which threatens the implementation of the Paks II nuclear power plant. project.

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