Gazprom to deliver up to daily plus 5.8 m cubic metres of gas

Russia’s Gazprom will deliver up to a daily 5.8 million cubic metres of natural gas on top of the amounts outlined in a long-term agreement between Hungary and Russia, via pipeline through Serbia, in September and October, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Facebook on Wednesday.

Speaking on the sidelines of an informal meeting of his European counterparts in Prague, Szijjártó said that the maximum extra amount was 2.6 million cubic metres a day in August.

Representatives of Hungary and Gazprom have signed the relevant agreement, the minister said.

Szijjártó added, however, that the exact amount of gas to be delivered on top of contracted volumes depended on “technical and technological details”.

Receiving increased amounts of gas contributes to Hungary’s energy security and will help avoid restrictions due to a possible shortage of gas, he said, adding that “Hungary will have sufficient gas”.