Hungary will deliver 1 million – 2 million cubic meters of gas to Serbia, or enough to cover one-fourth of household consumption, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány said on Thursday.

The delivery was made possible because Hungarians “saved” 3 million cubic meters of gas on Wednesday, he added.

Temperatures were not as cold as forecast on Wednesday, and household gas consumption was lower than expected.

Hungary's gas deliveries to Serbia will be negotiated on a daily basis, Gyurcsány said. They will continue as long as they do not cause Hungary to make disproportionate reductions in its own gas consumption, he added.

Serbia has no gas reserves and it takes delivery of about 95% of its gas via Hungary. Many Serbs in areas with district heating from gas-fuelled plants were left without heat after gas deliveries from Ukraine to Hungary were halted on Tuesday. (MTI – Econews)