UPI: South Stream on schedule for Hungary, Gazprom says

The process for building the South Stream gas pipeline through Hungary is progressing on schedule, Russian energy company Gazprom said.

Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller met in Budapest with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to discuss the project's construction.

"The parties addressed the current state of the South Stream project and highlighted that it was progressing on schedule," Gazprom said in a statement Wednesday. "The gas pipeline is being constructed in Bulgaria and Serbia; the offshore section laying will start in autumn."
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