Hungarian PM says country interested in receiving electricity from Azerbaijan through Georgia, Romania
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday said his country was interested in receiving electricity from Azerbaijan through Georgia and Romania, following a meeting with Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili in Budapest. Photo: PM's press office
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Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday said his country was interested in receiving electricity from Azerbaijan through Georgia and Romania, following a meeting with Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili in Budapest.
Orbán noted an infrastructure of new, high-capacity transmission lines would be used for the purpose, adding if the energy was delivered “directly to us next year” the country would “no longer have to purchase natural gas”.
I was very happy that [the Georgian] prime minister supports this initiative", he noted.
On his part, Garibashvili said his government was a “supporter of these projects and one of the important participants".
Today we also signed the declaration of strategic partnership. I believe that the existing close cooperation and good friendship between us will continue and will add an additional impetus to Georgian-Hungarian relations", Garibashvili said.
Orbán also announced his visit to Georgia next year, saying the government heads would hold a “joint intergovernmental meeting”, to be preceded by discussions between leading officials of sectoral ministries.
Georgian and Hungarian prime ministers on Wednesday discussed the “positive dynamic" in "friendly relations” between their counties and prospects to further strengthen cooperation at a dinner hosted by Viktor Orbán in honour of Irakli Garibashvili, the Georgian government administration said.
Azerbaijan is planning to increase electricity and natural gas exports to Europe, with the latter to use pipelines located in Georgia, president Ilham Aliyev said in a joint press conference with Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday said the war in Ukraine was “absolutely unacceptable” and added his government was supporting Ukraine on “all international platforms”.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday thanked his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán for being a “vocal supporter” for Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration and territorial integrity.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday highlighted his “fruitful” meeting with the Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán.
Georgian and Hungarian prime ministers on Thursday signed a declaration on strategic partnership between their countries in Budapest, saying the document would “further strengthen” their “strong bilateral cooperation”.
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday said the European Council’s decision to not include Georgia in its granting of membership candidate status to Moldova and Ukraine in June was “discriminatory”.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili’s visit to Hungary had a “special significance”, as the country has been an “outstanding supporter” of Georgia’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration, Ilia Darchiasvhili, the Georgian foreign minister said on Thursday.
The Georgian government expects the country's energy sector to receive investments worth $3 billion over the next three years "if all projects being considered are launched", prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said at the government meeting on Monday.
Georgian deputy economy minister Romeo Mikautadze joined global energy leaders, policymakers and industry professionals at the ongoing Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference and spoke about the current trends in the Georgian energy sector, the ministry of economy announced on Thursday.
The United States Agency for International Development and Georgian Renewable Power Company have teamed up to develop a solar power project at the Qartli wind farm to increase Georgia's clean energy production capacity during periods of low wind speed in the central municipality of Gori, the USAID announced on Friday.