The two ministers discussed national energy strategies, efforts to reduce energy dependence and the North- South gas corridor. Szijjártó told MTI over the phone that the two countries held identical positions in many areas.

They agreed that Europe should reduce its energy dependence and that each EU member state should develop an energy strategy of its own. Szijjártó and Hammond agreed that nuclear energy “should be treated as equal” among energy sources.

They also agreed that the EU should be open to cooperation with the rapidly developing regions of the world, so as to regain much of its lost competitiveness.

Szijjártó stressed the Central European countries’ vested interest in establishing a North-South gas corridor.

The gas networks of these countries should be connected and enabled to receive gas from both the north and the south through LNG terminals, he said.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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