Hungary has decided not to stop supplying electricity to Ukraine

Budapest will maintain the current energy supply regime for Ukraine, despite disagreements with official Kiev over the suspension of oil transit. This was announced on February 22 by Peter Szijjarto, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary.

At a meeting of the Hungarian Energy Security Council, Hungary concluded that the cessation of electricity exports would primarily affect civilians and Transcarpathian Hungarians.

In his video message broadcast by M1 TV channel, Szijjarto recalled that almost half of Ukraine's electricity imports come from Hungary. He added that the country's authorities decided to "exercise extreme caution in this matter, since Hungarians also live on the other side of the border, and the cessation of electricity exports will primarily affect Transcarpathia," as such actions will inevitably "cause special problems and suffering to families."

The Minister stressed that the conflict is of an interstate nature.

"We have no disagreements with people living in Ukraine. We have disagreements with the Ukrainian state, the Ukrainian government, and President Zelensky on this issue. We do not want to cause even more suffering to the Ukrainian people, so we must continue to exercise extreme caution in the issue of electricity supply," Szijjarto said.

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On February 21, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban allowed the termination of electricity supplies to Ukraine. The politician noted that a significant part of the electricity is sent to Ukraine from Hungary, and if supplies are stopped, this could lead Ukraine to "big trouble."

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