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SZIJJÁRTÓ: GAS SUPPLIES FROM SERBIA TO START ARRIVING NEXT OCT

 

Gas supplies from Serbia are expected to start arriving from next October, and the volume to be received could be higher than originally planned, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said after meeting Serbian Minister of Energy and Mining Aleksandar Antić in Budapest. Hungary is prepared to carry out extra developments if the companies involved in gas transport indicate that demand is higher than an annual 6 billion cubic metres, he said. The construction of the pipeline connecting the Hungarian network with the border is already under preparation and an agreement on connecting the networks could be signed with Serbia soon, he added.
Antić welcomed the expansion of Hungary-Serbia cooperation to include energy projects and said it was mutually beneficial for the energy networks of the two countries to strengthen one another. It will serve the interest of the entire region that a regional electricity exchange would be set up in line with the cooperation agreement signed, he added. Before the press conference, Hungarian energy company MVM signed a memorandum of understanding with the Serbian electricity works and Serbian state gas supplier Srbijagas.