“ US President Donald Trump plans to hold a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on November 8. Source: the Bloombeg agency learned about this from a person familiar with the matter, writes “Europeyska Pravda” Details: The place of the meeting has not yet been determined, said the interlocutor of the agency, asking not to be named before the official announcement of the plans. Orban said earlier this week he would meet Trump in Washington to discuss protecting Hungary from the impact of US sanctions on Russian oil. Hungary depends on Russia for oil and gas imports. Unlike many of its neighbors from the European Union, which after the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in 2022 worked to reduce dependence on Russian energy carriers, Hungary has since increased the volume of purchases. The Hungarian government is trying to convince the US administration that its landlocked status leaves it with no choice but to rely on Russian oil, despite the existence of an alternative oil pipeline connecting Hungary to the Adriatic Sea via Croatia. As you know, the US president expects Europe’s complete rejection of Russian oil and gas. Recently, he introduced sanctions against the companies “Rosneft” and “Lukoil”. After that, Orbán said that his government was working to circumvent the sanctions. US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said that Washington expects Hungary to give up Russian oil and gas.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Orbán and Trump. Photo: EVAN VUCCI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Source: the Bloombeg agency learned about this from a person familiar with the matter, writes “European Truth”
Details: The place of the meeting has not yet been determined, said the interlocutor of the agency, asking not to be named before the official announcement of plans.
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Orban said earlier this week he would meet Trump in Washington to discuss protecting Hungary from the impact of US sanctions on Russian oil.
Hungary depends on Russia for oil and gas imports. Unlike many of its neighbors from the European Union, which after the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in 2022 worked to reduce dependence on Russian energy carriers, Hungary has since increased the volume of purchases.
The Hungarian government is trying to convince the US administration that its landlocked status leaves it with no choice but to rely on Russian oil, despite the existence of an alternative oil pipeline connecting Hungary to the Adriatic Sea via Croatia.
As you know, the US president expects Europe’s complete rejection of Russian oil and gas. Recently, he introduced sanctions against the companies “Rosneft” and “Lukoil”.
After that, Orbán said that his government was working to circumvent the sanctions.
US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said that Washington expects Hungary to give up Russian oil and gas.