Russian gas supplies to Hungary resume via the Turkish Stream

Delivery of natural gas to Hungary resumed on the Turkish Stream pipeline on Monday evening after scheduled maintenance works, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said after talks with energy experts in Budapest on Tuesday.

The pipeline delivers natural gas to Hungary from Russia via Turkey, Bulgaria and Serbia, he said. The pipeline will ensure that Hungary receives the full amount of gas to be supplied under the long-term agreement it concluded with Russia last September, he said.

Noting reduced Russian gas deliveries to western Europe due to “maintenance difficulties on Nord Stream 1”, Szijjártó said Hungary was currently receiving about half the usual amount of gas via Austria. The missing 1.3 million cubic meters of gas daily can be easily procured from the market, he said.

“Hungarian supply security is not at any sort of risk,” he said.