The Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and the head of the government office Gergely Gulyás said that without Russian supplies, Hungary could not be permanently and safely supplied with the Adria pipeline through Croatia. According to the Hang.hu server, Croats claim that the Hungarian oil company MOL is deceiving and that Hungary and Slovakia could also supply the Adria pipeline, informs TASR newsletter in Budapest.
- Hungary emphasizes dependence on Russian energy supplies.
- Croatia disagrees with the claims on the Adria pipeline capacity.
- Hungary was supported by US President Donald Trump.
- Hungary advocates economic reality before geopolitical challenges.
- According to MOL and JanAF, the Adria pipeline requires additional tests.
The server points out that This is an important question, because after Brussels and US President Donald Trump called on stopping gas and oil purchases from Russia, Since Moscow is partly financing its war in Ukraine. The reaction of the Hungarian government is that “this is not an ideological question, but a geographical”.
Szijjártó in an interview for CNN TV declared that Hungary has only 2.2 % share in Russian oil exports. In his words, this means that 97.8 percent are buying others. Moderator of the TV station noted that Hungary has increased Russian oil import since 2021. The head of Hungarian diplomacy responded by the fact that Hungary is an inland country and is therefore dependent on neighboring countries.
Szijjártó Poznamenal, Že The Adriatic pipeline cannot fully supply Hungarians and Slovaks, and therefore Hungary is dependent on Russian supplies. He added that if Russian supplies are interrupted, it would be physically impossible to supply the country.
Croats claim that mol is deceiving because The conditions for maximum flow were not created during the Adria pipeline testing. This was announced by the Croatian company Janaf after MOL issued a statement on Wednesday that the Croatian part of the Adria pipeline is not yet able to transport enough oil for Hungary and Slovakia. According to MOL, this requires the achievement of the daily oil transport capacity of 40,000 tons or 14 million tons per year, which was not achieved on the basis of tests.
Janaf refused that with the fact that The reduced flow rate during the third test in September was caused by the MOL group explicitly demanded a lower pump capacity, But “there were no obstacles to the planned flow” by JanAF.
Trump in a telephone interview with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accepted the attitude of Budapest to buy energy from Russia. According to the server Hirado.hu, the head of the Office of the Government Gergely Gulyás told reporters on Thursday. “Donald Trump is an extremely intelligent entrepreneur and therefore understood the Hungarian economic attitude. Donald Trump understood this aspect,” Povedal goulash.
The Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó on Wednesday responded by a single sentence to the Trump statement, that he could discourage Orban from buying Russian oil. The head of Hungarian diplomacy on Facebook was carefully indicated that it would probably not work, said the server Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu.
Trump said on Tuesday that plans to call the Hungarian Prime Minister and invite him to stop buying Russian oil. Reuters informed that this is part of the wider pressure on the NATO allies to interrupt the energy relations with Moscow.
