Orban has ordered to take the Hungarian section of the "Turkish Stream" gas pipeline under military protection

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ordered to take the Hungarian section of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline under military protection, Index reports. According to the media, this decision was taken after an emergency meeting of the country's defense council on Sunday due to the discovery of an explosive device on the important gas infrastructure connecting Serbia and Hungary. clarified what the members of the council discussed. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary emphasized that Europe is approaching a large-scale energy crisis, which is primarily caused by the ongoing wars in Iran and Ukraine. According to the minister, in this situation, even more raw materials will be required, while Ukraine seeks to stop the supply of oil and natural gas to Europe. After the explosion, it was said for a long time that the Russians did it, which would be somewhat illogical, in fact, completely illogical, because why would the Russians blow up their own gas pipeline," said Peter Sijarto. The minister referred to the problems related to the Druzhba oil pipeline, and then talked about the attacks on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline. Peter Szijarto emphasized that at the meeting of the Defense Council, Viktor Orbán ordered the Hungarian section of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline to be taken under military protection. Hungarian-Slovak border". Peter Sijarto consulted with the energy ministers of Serbia and Turkey, as well as Russia's deputy energy minister, and they agreed that the pipeline "needs to be defended more decisively than ever."