Gas supplies from Hungary still ongoing, if Orban implements decision, Budapest to lose over $1 bln – MFA
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Heorhiy Tykhy stated that Hungary’s decision to stop gas supplies to Ukraine will result in serious economic losses for Budapest.
"Firstly, I have spoken with our relevant departments, and I can confirm that as of now, gas imports have not been stopped. If Prime Minister Orban still decides to stop it, we believe that the only consequence of this will be to deprive the Hungarian economy and Hungarians of over a billion dollars that Hungary received, for example, last year," Tykhy said at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.
He stressed that "the only consequence will be that Viktor Orban will take this billion dollars from the pockets of the Hungarians."
"It’s his business if he wants to do it. Ukraine currently has the necessary volumes of gas. Ukraine knows where to get the necessary volumes of gas even if Hungary stops supplying," the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry emphasized.
Tykhy also noted that Ukraine, "unlike Hungary, is a diversified country and at one time took the necessary measures to ensure that the supply of energy resources was diversified."
