OREANDA-NEWS  Budapest plans to start importing gas from Azerbaijan in the amount of 1-2 billion cubic meters by the end of 2023. m per year. This was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary Peter Szijjarto.

"By the end of the year, we expect to receive about 100 million cubic meters of Azerbaijani natural gas," the head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry said.

At the same time, the minister noted that in order to receive supplies from Baku, it is necessary to increase the capacity of gas pipelines in the region and Hungary is counting on financial assistance from the European Union (EU) in this matter.

Szijjarto also reported on the participation of Hungarian companies in the reconstruction of the regions of Azerbaijan affected by the military conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh.

In the second half of January, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary said that the country's energy supply cannot be guaranteed without oil and gas from Russia. According to the minister, "geography and reality are important in politics."