Overview
- Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after talks in Istanbul that he and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed Turkey will guarantee the route for Russian gas to reach Hungary.
- Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto called Turkey a reliable transit country and said Ankara assured uninterrupted deliveries to Hungary.
- Hungary reports receiving about 7.5 billion cubic meters of Russian gas via TurkStream so far this year, with officials expecting roughly 8 bcm for 2025.
- Budapest secured a one-year U.S. exemption last month to continue using Russian oil and gas and has a 15-year supply contract signed with Russia in 2021.
- Hungarian officials criticized attacks on energy transport routes and said they face ongoing pressure from the EU and Ukraine over continued Russian energy imports.