匈牙利强调阿塞拜疆对该国能源供应的作用

据7月17日Neftegaz.Ru消息：据匈牙利外交和贸易部长佩特·希亚贾托表示，阿塞拜疆是匈牙利安全能源供应的关键因素。

他补充说，当该国在不久的将来开始向南欧供应天然气时，该国在这一地区的重要性将会得到提高。匈牙利的目标是将其天然气网络与南欧天然气管道连接起来。

他表示，如果希腊、保加利亚和罗马尼亚按照计划的时间表进行管道建设，那么从2023年起，将有一个新的天然气来源进入匈牙利市场。匈牙利希望每年从阿塞拜疆购买10-20亿立方米的天然气。

经济合作和抗击疫情的斗争进一步加强了匈牙利和阿塞拜疆的关系。

关于经济关系，希亚贾托称，阿塞拜疆市场对3家匈牙利公司来说非常重要。匈牙利石油和天然气公司MOL拥有世界上最大的阿塞拜疆油田价值15亿美元的股份，以及向西方输送石油的管道。

冯娟 摘译自 Neftegaz.Ru

原文如下：

Azerbaijan key to Hungary’s secure energy supply

Azerbaijan is key factor in Hungary’s secure energy supply, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said in Baku, Hungary today reported.

The country’s importance in this area will increase when it starts supplying gas to southern Europe in the near future, Szijjártó said. Hungary’s aims to connect its gas network to the southern European gas pipeline, he added.

He said a new source of gas would enter the Hungarian market from 2023 should Greece, Bulgaria and Romania carry out pipeline construction work according to the planned schedule. Hungary is hoping to buy 1-2 billion cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan each year, he said.

Hungarian-Azeri ties have been further boosted by economic cooperation and in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic, Szijjártó said. Azerbaijan sent 40,000 masks and 2,000 litres of disinfectant to Hungary “at the peak of the pandemic”, he said.

Hungary in turn supports Azerbaijan’s call for an extraordinary session of the United Nations General Assembly to consider global solutions to the pandemic, he said.

Regarding economic ties, Szijjártó said that the Azeri market is important for 3 Hungarian companies. Hungarian oil and gas company MOL has a 1.5 billion dollar share of an Azeri oil field, the largest in the world, and the pipeline delivering the oil to the West. MOL regards Azerbaijan as key to beefing up its role as a regional player, he said.