Szijjarto: Hungary's MOL to increase oil exports to Serbia by two and a half times

BELGRADE - Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto announced on Wednesday in Belgrade the Hungarian oil company MOL would increase its crude oil exports to Serbia by two and a half times and noted that his country would use all available means to help keep Serbia supplied with crude oil "regardless of the circumstances".

"Count on that, Serbian friends," Szijjarto told reporters after a meeting with Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic at the Palace of Serbia.

Szijjarto said a recent fire at MOL facilities in Hungary had no impact on Hungary's intent to support Serbia in the present "unenviable" situation.

He also said a Serbia-Hungary oil pipeline needed to be built quickly and that his country would adopt decisions in the coming days to significantly expedite its construction.