Hungary will supply electricity produced in Azerbaijan to Europe. All energy volumes coming from Azerbaijan from the point of view of both natural gas and electricity will pass through Hungary. In particular, the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban in a statement for the press after meeting with President Ilham Aliyev and the signing of bilateral documents said.
said this.
“It is clear that there will be a great need for the development of infrastructure projects. We are talking about giant means, it is necessary to implement large projects. We have already begun negotiations and cooperation with energy companies in Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, in order to attract the necessary means here . Romanians, Bulgarians and Hungarians have already begun cooperation. This is not only a regional, but also a panneuroic question. Therefore, we expect that the European Commission will support these projects, ”said Prime Minister Hungary.
Orban recalled that Hungary and Azerbaijan worked ten years ago to transport energy from Azerbaijan to Europe. Then this plan (Nabukko project) was not implemented, the prime minister said.
“Of course, this coincided with the period to the Russian occupation of Ukraine. At that time, naturally, energy resources were not transported to Europe, today we again encountered the scenario that we should transport energy from Azerbaijan to Europe. Therefore, we are very high We evaluate Azerbaijan’s commitment to this issue – Azerbaijan signed the corresponding document with the European Union. In accordance with this document, Azerbaijan will double the amount of gas to be transported to Europe until 2027, ”the prime minister of Hungary
said