Budapest will not support any list of sanctions, which could include Gazprom or Gazprombank, Peter Szijjártó explained.
The Hungarian authorities are certainly against the imposition of an embargo on Russia’s gas supplies. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said this, TASS reports on Wednesday, July 13.
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“Hungary’s position is clear: we do not want to discuss the issue of a gas embargo … We rely on Russian gas for our activities, so it is clear that we cannot support such decisions,” he said. Szijjártó at a press conference after meeting with his colleagues from four states of Central Europe – Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia.
He said that one of the representatives of the European Union had taken the initiative to impose sanctions against Gazprombank, which passed payments for Russia’s gas supplies to Europe.
“We have strongly indicated that we cannot support any list of sanctions that could include Gazprom or Gazprombank, as such a decision clearly implies an immediate cessation of gas supplies,” the Foreign Minister added.
Recall that in August 2021, Hungary signed a 15-year contract with the Russian Federation for gas supply. According to the agreement, Gazprom will annually provide 4.5 billion cubic meters. m of gas.
It was also learned that the EU is starting discussions on the seventh package of sanctions against the Russian Federation. At the same time, restrictions on gas imports from Russia are being discussed.
Scholz sees no point in the gas embargo against Russia
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Source: korrespondent
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