Hungarian PM: Hungary together with its partners builds “globally unique”, world’s longest submarine power cable
In his tweet, the Hungarian PM pointed out that instead of “decoupling”, “connectivity” was the way out of the energy crisis. Photo: Orban Viktor/Facebook
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Saturday said the country, along with its partners, has committed to a “globally unique project” and would build the world’s longest submarine power cable, at the signing ceremony of an Agreement on Strategic Partnership in the field of Green Energy Development and Transmission between the Governments of Georgia, Azerbaijan, Romania and Hungary.
The Prime Minister thanked his Azerbaijani, Georgian and Romanian friends, as well as the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the “opportunity” to sign the Agreement.
Orbán stressed Europe was in a “strategic vacuum” in which the leaders of states were “required to make every effort” to create economic and energy security for their countries, adding that the solution lay in finding new energy sources and bringing them to Europe.
In his tweet, the Hungarian PM pointed out that instead of “decoupling”, “connectivity” was the way out of the energy crisis.
Instead of #decoupling, #connectivity is the way out of the energy crisis. We signed a huge deal today with @presidentaz, @GharibashviliGe, @KlausIohannis and @vonderleyen to build the longest underwater electricity transmission line in the world, connecting ???????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/YLlSFpnUrh
— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) December 17, 2022
He noted there were available energy sources around the Caspian Sea, and the power cable would offer an “innovative solution” to exploiting those resources. The high officials of Georgia, Azerbaijan, Romania and Hungary earlier today signed an Agreement on the Black Sea Submarine Electricity Cable project in Bucharest, to export green energy to Europe via Georgia.