The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine accused Hungary of signing a “political contract” to the detriment of the Ukrainian economy. Hungary responded to Kiev.
Gazprom of Russia has signed a gas supply contract with Hungary for a period of 15 years, according to which Russia will supply 4.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year to Hungary.
According to the agreements reached, the terms of the contract can be adjusted after ten years from the date of entry into force.
The signatures on both sides were put by Dmitry Averkin, Deputy General Director of Gazprom Export, and Gyorgy Kovor, Chief Executive Officer of the Hungarian energy company MVM Group.
However, the signing of a non-political contract caused an angry reaction from the Kiev authorities.
In particular, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called Hungary’s decision exclusively political and economically unjustified.
Moreover, the contract, as stressed in the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine, was concluded solely to please the Kremlin and to the detriment of the national interests of Ukraine, which will certainly affect Ukrainian-Hungarian relations.
The reason for this was the possibility of uninterrupted gas supply to Hungary by the shortest route through the gas transportation system of Ukraine.
In response, the Hungarian authorities accused Kiev of interfering in the internal affairs of the country, expressing a note of protest.
As the Hungarian Foreign Ministry stressed, on the issue of cooperation with Russia, the Hungarian authorities themselves will decide which way to move, and no one has the right to influence this.