Hungary will never vote for a list of sanctions on Gazprom and Gazprombank, Peter Szijjártó said.
Hungary has refused to support European Union sanctions against Russia’s gas, as have Gazprom and Gazprombank. Moreover, it is now in talks with the Russian Federation on additional gas volumes. This was stated by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto at a press conference in the Austrian capital Vienna on Thursday, July 14.
“In Hungary, we have clarified that we are not yet ready to discuss any sanctions on gas supplies. And we have made it clear that we will never vote for a list of sanctions that includes Gazprom or Gazprombank,” the official said. .
According to the minister, the Budapest official is currently busy filling gas reservoirs. Also, the Hungarian government decided to buy “additional volumes of gas” beyond the volumes specified in the long -term contracts. Negotiations with Russia on additional gas volumes began on Tuesday, July 12th.
“We have two long -term contracts, one with Gazprom, one with Shell. And now we will buy an additional 700 million cubic meters of gas, because this is the required maximum we can store in our storage facilities before the season starts. of heating, ”the minister said.
Szijjarto noted that the Hungarian government’s goal is to get an additional 700 million cubic meters. m.
“We have already started trade negotiations – in both geographical directions,” he concludes.
It will be recalled that Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview with CNN that Hungary had decided not to participate in the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine so as not to endanger Hungarians living in Transcarpathia from shelling.
Ukrainian Hungarians were outraged by such a statement by the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs about the refusal to provide weapons.
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Source: korrespondent
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