BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Russian company Gazprom has been increasing gas flows to Hungary via the Turkstream pipeline, which carries gas into the country via Serbia, a Hungarian Foreign Ministry official said on Saturday.
A member of the European Union (EU), Hungary has had what it calls pragmatic relations with Moscow since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, raising tensions with some EU allies keen to take a tougher line.
The country, which is about 85% dependent on Russian gas, is staunchly opposed to the idea of any EU sanctions on Russian gas imports, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has also been keen to secure an exemption from the sanctions. from the EU to Russian crude oil imports.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjartó met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow last month, seeking an additional 700 million cubic meters of gas, in addition to an existing long-term supply agreement with Russia. .
Under a subsequent agreement, Gazprom began increasing gas flows to Hungary on Friday, Hungarian Foreign Ministry Secretary of State Tamás Menczer said in a statement.
Menczer said Gazprom will add 2.6 million cubic meters of additional gas per day to previously agreed deliveries via Turkstream through August, with the amount of deliveries for September still under negotiation.
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