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Hungary’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, has announced new agreements to ensure the country’s continued access to Russian energy, a sign of the country’s continuing diplomatic and trade ties with Moscow amid the war in Ukraine.

Speaking at a news briefing in Moscow, Szijjártó said the Russian state energy giant Gazprom would maintain an option to supply additional gas to Hungary this year on top of the shipments agreed under a long-term deal.


The price of the gas, which would reach Hungary through the Turkstream pipeline, would be capped at €150 per cubic meter, he said, part of an agreement that will allow Hungary to pay down gas purchases on a deferred basis if market prices go above that level.

The Hungarian minister’s trip to Moscow was unusual, making him one of the only officials from an EU country to have met with Russian officials in the capital since its troops invaded Ukraine more than a year ago.

Alexey Likhachev, the director general of Rosatom, left, and Péter Szijjártó after signing a document during their meeting in Moscow.
Alexey Likhachev, the director general of Rosatom, left, and Péter Szijjártó after signing a document during their meeting in Moscow. Photograph: Ivan Fedorenko/AP
Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has fostered good ties with Moscow over the past decade, and has avoided personal criticism of Vladimir Putin despite condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Budapest has lobbied heavily in the EU to be exempted from any sanctions imposed on Russian gas, oil or nuclear fuel, and has also threatened to veto proposed EU actions against Moscow.

While in Moscow, Szijjártó met the Russian deputy prime minister for energy, Alexander Novak, and the chief executive of the Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev.

Speaking during the briefing, he insisted access to Russian energy supplies was crucial for Hungary’s security, regardless of political considerations brought on by the war. He said:

As long as the issue of energy supply is a physical issue and not a political or ideological one, like it or not, Russia and cooperation with Russia will remain crucial for Hungary’s energy security.
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