Hungary Expects Gas Contract Deal from Putin Visit

Hungary should be able to agree long-term gas shipment contracts with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Russian leader's visit to Budapest next month, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was quoted as saying on Friday by national news agency MTI.

 

Orban, speaking to Hungarian public media journalists in Brussels, said that Hungary needed such an agreement and he trusted that he could agree with Russia about the main issues during Putin's visit, due on Feb 17.