Oil deliveries to Hungary restarted!
Crude oil deliveries to Hungary through the Druzhba pipeline have now restarted, albeit at low pressure, after being interrupted on Tuesday due to missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy network, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Belgrade on Wednesday.
The foreign ministry quoted Szijjártó as saying that work was under way to restore the regular pressure in the pipeline. “Hungary’s energy security was not at risk even during the hours without deliveries … as Hungary has sufficient reserves to prevent such outages from jeopardising the security of energy supplies,” the minister said.
The missiles on Tuesday damaged a transformer crucial for the operation of Druzhba, through which Hungary receives almost all its crude oil imports, the ministry said.
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Minister: Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile killed two Polish citizen
Hungary wants a ceasefire and peace talks to get under way as quickly as possible, especially in light of the recent missile strike in Poland, Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister’s chief of staff, said on Wednesday. A Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile is thought to have landed in Poland, Gulyás told a government press briefing, adding the outcome of a full investigation is awaited. But for a short period of time it was assumed that Russia had attacked Poland, he said, adding that the events showed just how important an immediate ceasefire and peace talks were.
A long-term solution is required that takes into account the interests of Ukraine and guarantees its territorial sovereignty, Gulyás said. The Hungarian government, he emphasised, regards the NATO basic agreement and Article 5 to be binding on all the alliance’s member states, including Hungary.
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Source: MTI