"Hungary cannot get into a situation in which, due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, it cannot access its required supply of energy," Orban said on state radio.
Hungary's gas pipeline network operator FGSZ said late Sept. 25 it had indefinitely suspended gas supply to neighbouring Ukraine for technical reasons, a move branded "unexpected and unexplained" by Ukraine state-owned gas firm Naftogaz.
Orban's statement followed a warning by Moscow that it could cut off European countries have been re-exporting gas to Ukraine to help Kiev through its latest energy war with Moscow.
The threat came as energy chiefs gathered in Berlin for EU-mediated talks aimed at halting a Russian gas supply cut to Ukraine that could leave parts of the war-scarred nation without heat this winter.
The European Commission rapped EU member Hungary for cutting of so-called reverse flow supplies to Ukraine.
"The message from the commission is very clear - we expect all member states to facilitate reverse flows as agreed by the European Council in the interest of a shared energy security," said European Commission spokeswoman Helene Banner in Brussels.
'Large quantities of gas needed'
The Hungarian halt in supply came days after a meeting in Budapest between Alexei Miller, head of Russian gas giant Gazprom, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who often warns against damaging commercial relations with Russia.
"In the next period we will need large quantities of gas.... We will receive this, I agreed this with Alexei Miller," Orban said.....................http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hungary-halts-gas-sale-to-ukraine-on-russia-fears.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72227&NewsCatID=348
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La Russie pourrait relancer ses exportations de gaz vers l’Ukraine dès octobre, si l’ensemble des accords passés avec le pays sont respectés....
ReplyDeleteLa première condition étant le remboursement de la première partie de la dette ukrainienne qui s’élève à 2 milliards de dollars, a déclaré le ministre russe de l’Energie, Alexander Novak, s’exprimant sur le bilan des négociations tripartites sur le gaz qui se sont tenues à Berlin.
Il a rappelé qu’à aujourd’hui, la dette due par Naftogaz à Gazprom s’élève à 5,3 milliards de dollars. Il a également indiqué que pour relancer les livraisons de gaz pour la période hivernale, l’Ukraine devrait s’acquitter d’une dette de 2 milliards de dollars au mois d’octobre, et encore d’un million de dollars d’ici la fin du mois de décembre.
Il n’y pour le moment pas d’accord sur la façon dont s’effectuera le paiement du reste de la dette. Cela dépendra sans doute des conclusions du tribunal d’arbitrage de Stockholm, a ajouté M. Novak.
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_09_26/La-Russie-pourrait-reprendre-ses-exportations-de-gaz-vers-l-Ukraine-en-octobre-1122/
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