The Hungarian side increased the volume of oil purchases from Kazakhstan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary Peter Szijjártó told a press conference at the Kazakh Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, Report informs citing TASS.
"We receive 65% of oil through the Druzhba oil pipeline, which is 20,000 tons daily. Recently, we have increased [volumes] of oil purchases from Kazakhstan. At the moment, 16% of our needs are covered by oil from Kazakhstan," he said.
He noted that these deliveries are carried out via an oil pipeline through the territory of Russia and sanctions against Russia also affect this possibility.
"Sanctions [against the Russian Federation] also affect this possibility," he said.
"One thing is important for us - we want to guarantee Hungary's energy supply, this cannot be under threat. No one can expect the Hungarian people to pay the price for the conflict in Ukraine," Szijjártó said.