Index – Economy – Azerbaijan supplies gas to Hungary for the first time in history

On Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced in Baku that natural gas deliveries to Hungary from Azerbaijan had started for the first time in history. According to him, this greatly contributes to the diversification efforts of our country in the field of energy supply, MTI announced.

At the press conference following the meeting of the Hungarian-Azerbaijani economic joint committee, the minister emphasized that both countries are severely affected by the dramatic effects of the war in Ukraine, but those who can maintain good cooperation with the Caucasus region can more effectively adapt to the new conditions in the energy supply.

In this context, he also spoke about how, under the slogan of diversification, Hungary does not want to replace its well-functioning agreements, but wants to involve new sources in the energy supply, and this is mostly possible from the southeast direction. According to him, that is why they asked the European Union to participate in the necessary infrastructure developments, but they received a negative answer.

“Therefore, from here on, Brussels has nothing to do with how and from where we solve our energy supply, we will not accept guidelines, instructions, or even advice in this regard,” said the minister.

After his meeting with the Azerbaijani Minister of Labor, Sahil Babayev, Péter Szijjártó also touched on the fact that, despite this, it is still possible to solve the diversification, thanks in part to the Caucasian country, as natural gas transport from the country has started for the first time, in the first phase in the amount of 55 million cubic meters.

Thus, for the first time in history, natural gas molecules sold to us by Azerbaijan also participate in Hungary’s energy supply

he noted.

He said that they will continue the cooperation from here on, because it seems that it is working. He stated that in order to ensure the security of natural gas supply, Hungary will use an increased amount.

He reminded that Mol is already present in Azerbaijan, and they are working on further increasing the company’s role in the modernization of extraction technologies and in the chemical industry.

He pointed out that within a few years, Azeri renewable energy could also be part of the Hungarian energy mix, for which the world’s longest undersea high-voltage line must be built, for which there is already a joint commitment from Hungary, Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan.

This also shows how good a decision it was in 2010 to start building a strategic cooperation with Azerbaijan. Those who criticized us many times in an indecent manner, today give a lot, they would give for a good photo with President Aliyev

stated the head of the ministry.