Minister told how Hungary could become independent from Russian energy
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Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s minister of foreign affairs and trade, said in Zagreb on Thursday that “for us, it’s no question that we have to pay the price of Russian gas in a manner that ensures its delivery”.
“Energy supplies are a matter of national security and it is the government’s duty to guarantee security for the citizens,” he said at a joint press conference after meeting Croatian counterpart Gordan Grlic-Radman. Hungary has done its homework, Szijjártó said, adding however that unless alternative natural gas resources and alternative delivery routes were found, Europe would continue to remain largely dependent on Russian gas supplies.
Energy supply is not a philosophical issue but a physical one,
Szijjártó said, adding that independence from Russian energy was impossible without significant investments in infrastructure. He cited the example of the expansion of Croatia’s LNG terminal on the island of Krk. He added, at the same time, that
the terminal would only be of help to Hungary if Croatia’s gas transit system was upgraded.
Hungary is currently capable of importing up to an annual 7 billion cubic metres of natural gas from Croatia, he said, adding that “no one can expect us to allow the Hungarian people to be made to pay the price of war.”
As regards Hungarian-Croatian cooperation, Szijjártó said 2022 marked the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries. Hungary and Croatia “have done a lot” to strengthen their friendship and alliance over these last three decades, he said. Bilateral trade turnover reached 3.8 billion euros last year, up 52 percent from 2020, Szijjártó said, adding that trade turnover was up 65 percent at the beginning of the year.
Hungary is better off using Russian gas because the energy supply is dependable. After joining the EU, whose motto, Unity through Diversity is a joke. As soon as Hungary does not bow to globalists and Brussels’ dictatorships, the EU is withholding money to force obedience. The same thing can be done with energy supply from the west. People that supports the idea of giving up Russian energy imports support loss of sovereignty.
Now, this opinion sounds pro Russia or pro Putin but in actual fact, it is pro Hungary.
Péter Pipsqueak is certainly earning his Order of Friendship awarded to him in Moscow in December 2021 by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov. I wonder how many roubles he is being paid……