MOSCOW, 12 Oct — PRIME. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto discussed bilateral cooperation in the gas sector as part of the Russian Energy Week international forum, Gazprom’s official Telegram channel reported.
“Aleksey Miller and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjártó discussed issues of cooperation in the gas sector,” the message says.
During the meeting, it was noted that Gazprom’s gas is reliably supplied to Hungary through the Turkish Stream gas pipeline and gas transmission systems of the countries of South-Eastern Europe.
The head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry in July – a week after the introduction of a state of emergency in the energy sector by the Hungarian government – visited Moscow, where he held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The issue of supplying additional volumes of Russian gas to the Hungarian market was discussed. In mid-August, Gazprom began delivering gas in excess of the established contracts. Later, Szijjarto announced that an agreement had been signed with Gazprom, according to which, from September 1, an additional 5.8 million cubic meters of gas would be supplied to the country daily through the Turkish Stream and Serbia.
Russian Energy Week takes place in Moscow from 12 to 14 October. RIA Novosti acts as an information partner of the forum.