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Hungary FM in Russia to discuss buying more gas
For Budapest additional 700 million cubic metres of natural gas
21 July, 18:52
(ANSA-AFP) - BUDAPEST, JUL 21 - Hungarian Foreign Minister
Peter Szijjarto travelled to Moscow on Thursday to discuss
purchasing more Russian gas on behalf of his country, the ruling
Fidesz party said. "In order to ensure the security of Hungary's
energy supply, the government has decided to purchase an
additional 700 million cubic metres of natural gas in addition
to the quantities stipulated in the long-term contracts," Fidesz
said in a statement on Facebook. That amount represents around
6.7 percent of Hungary's 2020 natural gas consumption, according
to data from Hungary's natural gas pipeline operator FGSZ.
Szijjarto would "negotiate" the issue in Moscow, the statement added. Szijjarto is to meet deputy prime ministers Alexander Novak and Denis Manturov, as well as his counterpart Sergei Lavrov. (ANSA-AFP).
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Szijjarto would "negotiate" the issue in Moscow, the statement added. Szijjarto is to meet deputy prime ministers Alexander Novak and Denis Manturov, as well as his counterpart Sergei Lavrov. (ANSA-AFP).
