Hungary has started talks about importing oil and natural gas from Oman

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Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 23, 2021. Mary Altaffer/Pool via REUTERS

BUDAPEST, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Hungary has started talks about importing oil and natural gas from Oman, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday at a briefing broadcast on his Facebook page after he met his counterpart from Oman in Budapest.

On Wednesday Szijjarto announced that Hungary and Qatar have agreed that their state-owned energy companies would start talks about Hungary buying liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Gulf Arab state. read more

Reporting by Anita Komuves

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