MOSCOW (Sputnik), Anastasia Levchenko – According to the official, Hungary has been in touch with Turkish and Serbian officials involved in the project.
"We are obviously interested in establishing country’s energy independency so that we are not relying solely on only one source of energy. We also want to grow alongside the current European energy policy… Accordingly, we believe that Turkish stream and other possible solutions are in line with these principles," Kovacs said.
The pipeline will end in a hub on the border with Greece. The hub is expected to receive 47 billion cubic meters of gas annually, according to Russian state-owned energy company Gazprom.
Earlier this month, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and his Greek counterpart Panagiotis Lafazanis signed an agreement to extend the Turkish Stream gas pipeline into Greece.
Currently, Hungary receives most of its gas supplies from Russia via a pipeline running through Ukraine.
