For Hungary, cooperation with Russia is of strategic importance in the field of energy supply. According to Telex.hu server, the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said this on Wednesday for the Russian Prokremnel daily, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, informs TASR newsletter in Budapest.
- Hungary considers cooperation with Russia to be strategic in the field of energy.
- Russia’s energy is essential for Hungary’s energy security.
- The Druzhba pipeline is crucial for the supply of Hungary by oil.
- Druzhba’s damage to the Druzhba pipeline threatens Hungary’s sovereignty.
- The Adria pipeline cannot provide oil supply for Hungary.
Russia’s energy is essential for Hungary, underlined Szijjártó. As he added, Its task is to guarantee Hungarian energy security, so he does not like “ideological or political” assessment of Budapest’s relationship with Moscow.
The head of Hungarian diplomacy noted that Hungary would not “physically” unable to supply oil without the Druzhba pipeline. Therefore, the Hungarian government perceives any damage to the pipeline as a threat to the country’s sovereignty. Currently the vast majority of Hungarian oil supplies, approximately 10 million tons per yearpasses through the Druzhba pipeline. His petrol stations were the target of the attack several times during the current Ukrainian war.
The server adds that Szijjártó has said several times that the second key pipeline Adria from the Adriatic coast cannot be delivered separately to Hungary and Slovakia the necessary amount of oil, and that Croats just want to profit from war in Ukraine. However, this statement was categorically denied by Janaf operating Adriu, which is currently pumping two million tonnes of oil per year through the oil pipeline, Telex.hu writes.
