Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will meet Serbian President Aleksandar Vučič and representatives of Vojvodina Hungarians in Subotica on Thursday. With reference to the nepszava.hu server, the TASR correspondent in Budapest informs about it.
- Orbán will meet Vučič and Vojvodina Hungarians in Subotica.
- Hungary will support Serbia in solving oil supply problems.
- MOL’s equity entry into the Serbian oil company is being negotiated.
- Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjártó emphasized energy support for Serbia.
- Serbia faces possible problems due to sanctions against Russian companies.
Orbán: Hungary will do everything in its power to help Serbia with oil supplies
The Prime Minister published a post on Facebook in which he stated that together with Vučič and the Hungarians of Vojvodina, he will commemorate the former chairman of the Union of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ) István Pásztor.
“Our Serbian friends are now in trouble because of the sanctions policy. What we managed to avoid in Hungary may happen in Serbia: the biggest oil refinery will have to be closed, there is a threat of supply problems and even a fuel shortage,” said Orbán, who said he would assure Vucic that Hungary would do everything in its power to help Serbia with oil supplies.
MOL’s entry into the Serbian oil company?
“This is a big thing: a strategic alliance,” underlined the Hungarian Prime Minister. “In the confusion of European politics in wartime, Hungary and Serbia can rely on each other,” he added.
According to Euronews television, Orbán will negotiate with the Serbian president about the possible acquisition of property by the Hungarian concern MOL in the Serbian oil company NIS, which is now controlled by the Russian Gazprom subsidiary Gazprom Oil with 45 percent of the shares. Another 29 percent of the shares are owned by the Serbian state and 11 percent by a Russian investment group that was previously directly owned by Gazprom.
Szijjártó: Serbia can count on Hungary
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday in Belgrade after a meeting with Serbian Energy Minister Dubravka Dedovic that Serbia can rely on Hungary to secure energy supplies and the MOL oil company will increase the transportation of oil and oil products to Serbia by 2.5 times in December, which will help the neighboring country in a crisis situation.
If US sanctions against Russian oil companies take effect, critical days will come for Serbia. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučič stated this at an extraordinary press conference on Tuesday. According to him, there is a threat of an increase in fuel prices, and he did not rule out that the US move, originally aimed at Russia, could also damage the Serbian financial system.
