Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced at a press conference in Moscow Thursday with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto that Russia will immediately consider Hungary’s request for additional gas shipments.
“It is in the interest of our countries to fully implement the long-term contracts concluded last year to export natural gas from Russia. Today, our colleagues informed us that the Hungarian government is interested in buying more natural gas this year,” he added. “We will immediately report this request and consider it,” the Russian minister said.
The Ministry of Foreign Trade previously reported that Peter Shigarto’s current visit to Russia has two objectives. One is to fully guarantee Hungary’s energy supply, and the other is to declare that our country wants peace in Ukraine as soon as possible, Peter Szijjarto, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said in Moscow on Thursday. At a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, the head of the ministry stressed that the government has an obligation even in the midst of the European energy crisis. Full supply guarantee to Hungary.
Lavrov also said that Moscow is ready to provide additional information on various aspects of the “special operation” launched against Ukraine, and is expected to The West will understand the danger posed by arms shipments to Kyiv. According to the Russian minister, the position of Brussels and Washington, as well as most European capitals, is characterized by bias.
“I hope that life will continue to force us to examine facts without bias, to abandon artificially innovative confrontation tactics and strategies, and to finally deal with our European problems,” he said.
