“Hungary does not plan to stop the purchase of Russian oil, despite the possible requests of allies, including US President Donald Trump”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“We are a country that has no access to the sea. It would be great if we had access to the sea, we could build an oil refinery or LPG terminal on the coast and we could reach the whole world market. But it’s not, ”Siyarto said in an ATV interview late on Tuesday from New York, Bloomberg reports.
These comments emphasize the unstable situation of Hungary, taking into account the close relationship that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban maintains with Trump and with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The European Union is trying to overcome the resistance of Hungary and Slovakia on more severe sanctions for importing Russian energy.
Speaking to journalists during a meeting with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky at the UN on Tuesday, Trump said he could use his good relations with Viktor Orban to ask the Hungarian Prime Minister to stop the purchase of Russian raw oil.
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The largest buyers of Russian oil within the European Union are Slovakia and Hungary. Both of these countries receive oil pipeline “Druzhba” – transit through the territory of Ukraine.
According to a study of the Finnish Center for Energy and Pure Air Research (CREA) and the Bulgarian Center for Democracy (CSD), the import of Russian raw oil into Hungary and Slovakia has brought 5.4 billion euros to Ukraine since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine. It is equivalent to the cost of 1800 Iskander-M ballistic missiles.