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Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia discuss electricity exchange

Cooperation between European countries to face the challenge of energy security has “never been more important”, the foreign minister said.

Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia could start operating a regional electricity bourse in the first half of the year. Decisions on the exchange have already been taken at the expert and corporate level, Minister Szijjártó said, adding that all that was necessary now was government approval. Cooperation between European countries to face the challenge of energy security has “never been more important”, he added.