Ukraine's commitment not to attack TurkStream is part of the European Commission's guarantees to Hungary, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told RIA Novosti earlier this week.
"We were given a list of guarantees for 3 issues. First, Ukraine does not interrupt oil flows through its territory. Second, Ukraine did not attack TurkStream's infrastructure. And the third is that negotiations on reopening the gas transit route through Ukraine will start very quickly" - Mr. Szijjarto shared.
On January 27, Foreign Minister Szijjarto informed that Hungary had received necessary guarantees on energy security from the European Commission, which is a condition for the country to consider extending sanctions against Russia.
On January 11, Ukraine attacked the gas compression station of the TurkStream pipeline near Anapa, Russia's Krasnodar region with 9 drones. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the attack on TurkStream was aimed at blocking Russian gas supplies to European countries.
TurkStream is the last gas pipeline carrying Russian gas to Europe. The TurkStream pipeline stretches from Russia to Turkey across the Black Sea.
A branch of the pipeline serves Turkish consumers. The second branch of the pipeline carries Russian gas to consumers in southern and southeastern Europe.
The TurkStream pipeline has a total capacity of 31.5 billion m3 (15.75 billion m3 per branch). Russian gas has been transported via the TurkStream pipeline since January 2020.
