Greece and Hungary said on Friday they were considering cooperation on energy projects including natural gas as Athens pushes for the construction of two pipelines which would turn it into a regional energy hub.
“Hungary is interested in increasing energy safety, to have more sources from which to purchase energy,” Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany told reporters after meeting his Greek counterpart Costas Karamanlis.
The two leaders said they had agreed to set up a working group that would look into cooperation on energy, trade and transport. Karamanlis said Greece could be a key ally to assist in Hungary’s energy needs. “Hungary expressed an interest to import natural gas from Russia and Azerbaijan,” Karamanlis said.
(Reuters)