MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a phone conversation with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto has explained the situation around a terrorist attack on the TurkStream gas pipeline, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"The Hungarian minister was interested in assessments related to the Kiev regime’s attempts to carry out a terrorist attack against TurkStream’s infrastructure. Lavrov has provided the necessary explanations," the Russian foreign policy agency said. The conversation took place at the initiative of the Hungarian side.