Mali and Szijjarto: Bulgaria’s Tax on Russian Gas Transit Hostile Move Against Hungary and Serbia

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Sinisa Mali and Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Peter Szijjarto underlined yesterday in a joint statement that the decision of Bulgaria to introduce a tax on the Russian gas that is delivered through its territory is a hostile move aimed against Hungary and Serbia.

This new Bulgarian regulation threatens the safe energy supply in Hungary and Serbia, it is said on the website of the Government of Serbia.

It is added that the European Union (EU) did not impose sanctions on the delivery of natural gas from Russia and therefore the argument of the Bulgarian Prime Minister is totally false.

This decision undermines European solidarity and jeopardizes the energy security of both EU member states and candidate countries. Hungary and Serbia will harmonize their positions and respond to this controversial decision by Bulgaria accordingly, it is said in the joint statement.

Ministarstvo finansija Republike Srbije

Ministry of Finance of Serbia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary

Sinisa Mali

Peter Szijjarto

Bulgarian tax on Russian gas

hostile move by Bulgaria