The Hungarian Foreign Ministry announced the start of gas supplies by Gazprom in excess of the established contracts

He recalled the decision of the Hungarian government to purchase an additional 700 million cubic meters.

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Menzer stressed that the talks between Russian and Hungarian Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and Peter Szijjártó were held because the acquisition of such an amount of additional gas is impossible without Russian sources.

“This led to an agreement, as a result of which yesterday morning Gazprom began deliveries in excess of the volumes already contracted,” RIA Novosti quoted Mentzer as saying.

According to the State Secretary of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, “at the first stage, until the end of August, 2.6 million cubic meters will be supplied daily from the south via the Turkish Stream pipeline.

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He also informed about the start of negotiations on the September schedule.

At the end of July, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the Hungarian side plans to conclude a deal in the summer to purchase an additional 700 million cubic meters.

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Prior to this, Lavrov said following a meeting with Szijjarto that Moscow would consider the request of the Hungarian side for additional volumes of gas.