Politics.hu: US envoy urges Hungary-Croatia agreement over INA
Consensus over the future of Croatian energy company INA is in the interest of both Croatia and Hungary, as well as of the entire region, the United States’ special envoy for energy said in Budapest on Monday.
Giving a telephone press conference organised by the US Embassy, Amos Hochstein said that Hungary and Croatia were “natural allies” especially in terms of energy security, and issues around INA should not be allowed to impact their cooperation. The two countries need to focus on a long-term solution to ensure energy security, he said.
Concerning the South Stream project, Hochstein insisted that the pipeline would carry the same gas to the same consumers, and asked if the scheme would in fact ensure a diversity of supplies or future generations would continue to depend on the same supplier.