Slovak state-owned energy supplier SPP began importing Russian gas via the TurkStream pipeline on February 1, with deliveries expected to double in April, local media cited the company’s chairman as saying on Thursday.
The company does not plan to end its contract with Russian group Gazprom, which runs to 2034, Vojtech Ferencz told news website Denník N.
Russian gas exports via Soviet-era pipelines through Ukraine stopped on January 1 after Kyiv declined to renew a transit agreement with Moscow.
Slovakia and Hungary have both sought a resumption.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said last month that Russian President Vladimir Putin had promised Slovakia that Gazprom would find alternative ways to deliver contracted gas.
Russian gas exports via Soviet-era pipelines through Ukraine stopped on January 1 after Kyiv declined to renew a transit agreement with Moscow.
Slovakia and Hungary have both sought a resumption.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said last month that Russian President Vladimir Putin had promised Slovakia that Gazprom would find alternative ways to deliver contracted gas.
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