Hungarian minister called Russia’s Gazprom to see clear

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Facebook on Friday that the Left had “still not abandoned its aim to put Hungary at risk” with continued demands to transport weapons to the war in Ukraine and “trying to make Hungary’s energy supplies uncertain”.

The government’s position is “not to transport weapons to the war in Ukraine, not to put Hungary at risk and to make every effort to continue guaranteeing the security of Hungary’s energy supplies”, he said.

Szijjártó said Hungary’s opposition was receiving support from international players and media “to cause confusion”. He cited “circulating fake news in recent days about potential difficulties in gas supplies through Bulgaria caused by a dispute between Gazprom and Bulgaria”. Szijjártó said it was a “lie and fake news”, adding that

he had talked to his Bulgarian counterpart and also to Gazprom officials.

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Gazprom has paid the transit fees to Bulgaria and there is no dispute between Gazprom and Bulgaria in terms of gas transits, Szijjarto said, adding that Hungary’s supplies were secure.