According to Hungarian time, the statesmen started at noon - perhaps the most important meeting in Moscow so far. At the end of the five-hour trial, they summarized what was said at a press conference. We take a look at Origo's latest writing.

According to President Putin, they also discussed new plans and discussed regional issues. "Hungary is an important partner for us," he said, then added that the exchange of goods has now increased to 5.5 billion dollars and the Russian-Hungarian government committee is also effective, the Russian president said.

He then emphasized that the Russian gas supply was ensured for Hungary below the market price until 2036. Hungary is a reliable partner in gas transit, he added. Mol plays a role in the extraction of Russian crude oil in several fields and also builds a bitumen production plant. Rosatom is building two nuclear blocks in Hungary, said the Russian president. There has been talk of manufacturing railway cars for Egypt, and another 700 cars will be produced.

Hungary was the first to know about the Sputnik vaccine and there are plans to produce it in Hungary, said the Russian president. Richter Gedeon also cooperates with several Russian companies in the healthcare field. The Hungarian-Russian cultural cooperation program is valid until 2024, Putin said. Hungary supported the 2030 expo in Russia and the Russian president thanked him for that.

Putin is confident that Moscow can host the World Expo in 2030. Regarding the Ukrainian conflict, he said that human rights and the rights of national minorities are violated in many cases. Regarding the warranty claims, the USA ignored the Russian concerns. Putin stated the three demands presented earlier, which were rejected by Washington. No one can strengthen their security at the expense of the security of other countries, he added.

According to Viktor Orbán, this trip was a peace misso. We quote:

"I have never sat at such a long table in my life, but the length and depth of the trial made up for it. This was the 12th time we met, said the Hungarian Prime Minister. The current one was the most important because it was a peace mission. The EU is united and there is no leader who wants a conflict with Russia, and this is especially true for Central Europeans, said the prime minister. When there was a conflict between East and West, Central Europe did badly. The tension must be reduced so that the Cold War does not return," he added.

"We recommend the Hungarian model in conflict management, according to which we are members of NATO and the EU, but we give respect to Russia," Viktor Orbán said. 2021 was the best year of Hungarian-Russian cooperation, 900,000 people were vaccinated with Russian vaccine and the Hungarian-Russian gas contract was extended, said the prime minister. A meaningful negotiation can be conducted on the possibility of increasing the annual gas volume supplied under the gas contract by one billion cubic meters, he said. He is confident that Szputnyik vaccine will soon be produced in Hungary.

Viktor Orbán announced that the construction phase of the Paks expansion could start soon, and that Hungarian electricity production could be climate neutral by 2030. The Hungarian prime minister was promised that more passenger planes will arrive in Budapest. Orbán called Russian-Hungarian relations balanced, positive and constructive.

In response to a journalist's question, Putin said that all Hungarian proposals received a positive response, he added. The delivery of 1 billion cubic meters of gas is not a problem for Russia either.

European partners will have problems, but not Hungary, there may be a solution at the beginning of April. According to Putin, the Russian side can also participate in the railway development bypassing Budapest.

In this regard, Viktor Orbán stated that Hungary's energy supply has finally been secured. Regarding the Sputnik Light vaccine, Orbán said that six tests were successful in Hungary, and the seventh is now underway. If it is successful, it will be used at home.

Regarding the transfer point in Záhony, he said that it is a huge opportunity and that a Russian-Hungarian shipping company can take advantage of the opportunities. This will increase the performance of the Hungarian economy by orders of magnitude, he added. In connection with all this, Putin said that there are good opportunities in the field of logistics.

Finally, in the case of Ukraine, according to the Russian president, the USA is deploying strike devices in the east and they want to add Ukraine to NATO." Ukraine has stated that it wants to regain Crimea by military means, and what will happen if Ukraine becomes a NATO member. Then we will be fighting with NATO, has anyone thought of that?” President Putin concluded the last topic of the press conference.

Source: Origo

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