BUDAPEST, December 13. /TASS/. The situation regarding payments for the transit of Russian gas to Hungary via Bulgaria will be resolved, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said.

“The security of Hungary’s energy supply largely depends on Bulgaria, because the TurkStream gas pipeline passes there. This year we received more than 7 billion cubic meters of natural gas through this route. Predictability and reliability of transit supplies are therefore the key issue for Hungary,” the minister wrote on his Facebook page (banned in Russia, owned by Meta recognized as extremist in Russia). Sanctions imposed by the United States against Gazprombank have created a difficult situation in the region, but “we will be able to resolve this situation through close regional cooperation and solidarity,” he added.

Hungary and Bulgaria set themselves the task of “finding a legal and financial solution” to this problem that will allow paying for Russian gas and will be acceptable to all parties, Szijjarto later said on television M1. “Our counterparts will quickly complete the required legal and financial work, so that the gas supply via Bulgaria will be absolutely reliable in the coming period, despite the US restrictive measures. This is good news for the energy supply of Hungary,” Szijjarto emphasized.