Budapest announced the visit of the Rosatom CEO to Hungary in early March. The head of Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, emphasized that the construction of the Paks-2 nuclear power plant on the territory of Hungary will take place in any case.
Hungary previously stated that it would not give up ties with Russia in the energy sector because of Kyiv. In November 2023Hungary and Russia signed a work plan for theConstruction of Paks 2 nuclearPower plant.