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Alexander Novak meets with Foreign Minister of Hungary Peter Szijjarto

Alexander Novak meets with Foreign Minister of Hungary Peter Szijjarto

Foreign Minister of Hungary Peter Szijjarto

Alexander Novak meets with Foreign Minister of Hungary Peter Szijjarto

Deputy Prime
Minister Alexander Novak held a working meeting with Foreign Minister of
Hungary Peter Szijjarto in Moscow.
The talks were attended by representatives of the Ministry of Finance, the
Ministry of Energy, Transneft, Rosatom and other industry companies.

The parties
discussed gas and oil trade and nuclear cooperation. Ensuring safe gas transit
to Hungary
via the TurkStream gas pipeline and implementing the Paks 2 NPP project to
promote the green transition, and energy security were addressed. Alexander
Novak thanked Peter Szijjarto and President of Hungary Viktor Orban for the
constructive cooperation.

“Under our
contractual obligations, oil and gas are sent from Russia
to Hungary.
We have collaborated in these areas since the 1960s. Russia
has always been a reliable supplier of energy resources, and we are ready to
provide reliable distribution to Hungary in the future,” the Deputy
Prime Minister noted.

Peter Szijjarto
thanked Mr Novak for moving forward in the field of energy cooperation, which
allows Hungary
to pursue a sovereign policy even in the face of increasing external pressure.
“I want to thank you for the fact that Russian enterprises are and will
continue to be reliable partners for us. This cooperation guarantees energy for
our country. You are reliable suppliers for us. I hope we are reliable buyers
for you. We are interested in maintaining cooperation in the same form,” said
Peter Szijjarto.

The Hungarian Foreign Minister expressed confidence
that Russia and Hungary would
soon agree on the necessary documents for moving to the construction of the
Paks 2 NPP with Rosatom. “The sooner new facilities are built, the sooner we
will be protected from completely insane price movements in the international
energy market,” the minister said.