Szijjarto says discussed oil, gas supplies to Hungary with Lavrov

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that he had held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the UN to discuss the supplies of gas and oil to Hungary after the cessation of transit through Ukraine, Report informs via TASS.

“We discussed the issue of safe gas and oil supplies to Hungary from Russia,” he told reporters. “As for oil supplies, there is a new legal situation in Ukraine now, due to which Lukoil is currently not making deliveries to Hungary. We are now working on a legal solution that will enable us to resume supplies because Russian oil is important from the perspective of our energy security,” the minister added.