BUDAPEST, October 13. /TASS/. Hungary has reached the final agreement with Gazprom to defer payments for Russian gas, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday after his talks with Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller in Moscow. He is also in charge for Hungary’s international cooperation on energy. "In order to improve financial conditions, Gazprom Export’s director general will sign an agreement tomorrow to defer payment [for Russian gas], so that our payment terms will become more favorable," Szijjarto said in a video posted on his Facebook page, the social media owned by US corporation Meta (outlawed as an extremist organization in Russia). Szijjarto also said that Hungary would not allow new sanctions against Russia in the energy sector. "From Hungary there will be no restrictions on the use of natural gas," the minister assured. The Hungarian Foreign Minister arrived in Moscow from Prague, where he has taken part in an informal meeting of EU energy ministers. On the eve of that meeting, he said that Hungary would not support the introduction of a price cap on Russian gas, since such a step would pose a threat to Europe s energy security. No decisions on this issue were made or expected in Prague, since the meeting there was advisory in nature.

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BUDAPEST, October 13. /TASS/. Hungary has reached the final agreement with Gazprom to defer payments for Russian gas, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday after his talks with Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller in Moscow. He is also in charge for Hungary’s international cooperation on energy. "In order to improve financial conditions, Gazprom Export’s director general will sign an agreement tomorrow to defer payment [for Russian gas], so that our payment terms will become more favorable," Szijjarto said in a video posted on his Facebook page, the social media owned by US corporation Meta (outlawed as an extremist organization in Russia). Szijjarto also said that Hungary would not allow new sanctions against Russia in the energy sector. "From Hungary there will be no restrictions on the use of natural gas," the minister assured. The Hungarian Foreign Minister arrived in Moscow from Prague, where he has taken part in an informal meeting of EU energy ministers. On the eve of that meeting, he said that Hungary would not support the introduction of a price cap on Russian gas, since such a step would pose a threat to Europe s energy security. No decisions on this issue were made or expected in Prague, since the meeting there was advisory in nature.