Hungary has signed a new gas contract with Türkiye, buying 275 million cubic meters of gas from the start of next year Péter Szijjártó told newswire Bloomberg in Istanbul, adding that for the first time Hungary would be purchasing gas from Türkiye itself. Meanwhile, a Turkish construction giant is forming strategic cooperation with Hungary’s biggest railway construction company, and they will bid in tenders jointly in third markets in Europe. Turkish Airlines is a key player in Hungary’s civil aviation market, and the airline would focus even more on Hungary in the future, he said.
Asked about the European Union’s view of Hungary’s steps in relation to Turkic states and Türkiye in particular, Szijjártó branded the EU as “hypocritical”. Governments that abjure the international liberal mainstream are attacked in an unjust and baseless way, he added. The minister said that just like in Hungary’s case, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was often accused of being undemocratic, but in both countries the governments enjoyed a huge democratic mandate that “any European politician would be happy to win”.