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Hungary declares a state of emergency for the energy crisis
2022-07-13 20:29:12 / KOSOVA
The Hungarian government declared a "state of emergency" on Wednesday due to the country's ongoing energy crisis, setting out a seven-point plan to prepare for further government measures in August, according to Zoltan Kovacs, spokesman for the Hungarian prime minister. . Viktor Orbán.
Quoting Gergely Gulyás, who heads the Hungarian prime minister's office, Kovacs said the government's measures will include increasing domestic natural gas production to two billion cubic meters, banning the export of energy resources, increasing domestic lignite production.
Additional measurements include restarting a power plant, expanding the operation of a nuclear power plant, seeking market pricing from consumers with above-average energy consumption, Kovacs said on Twitter.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó is also responsible for securing additional gas supplies, Kovacs added.
Natural gas supplies across Europe have suffered since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, leaving countries scrambling as they try to preserve supplies in case Russia shuts off the taps.
In 2021, Hungary signed a 15-year natural gas supply agreement with Russian energy giant Gazprom to supply the country with gas, a move criticized by Ukraine.
So far, Gazprom has cut off at least 20 billion cubic meters of its annual gas supply to customers in six European countries - Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands - because they failed to make payments in roubles, a request of the President. Vladimir Putin did in March.
In an interview with CNN in April, Szijjártó confirmed that Hungary will use the payment scheme set up by Moscow to pay for its oil and gas.
Szijjártó said that there are no alternative sources or routes that enable them to stop importing Russian energy in the coming years.
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