U.S. president Donald Trump rejected Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's request to release his country from sanctions imposed on Russian oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil. Trump revealed this to journalists aboard Air Force One: «He asked for release. We have not granted him, but he is my friend».
Hungary is heavy dependent on Russian oil - over 80 percent of imports come from Russia by the relationship pipeline. This addiction has grown in fresh years. Orbán, in an interview with Kossuth radio, stressed that Hungary is «focused on pipeline systems».
Planned gathering at the White House
Next week Orbán will meet Trump in Washington. This is the first visit of the Hungarian Prime Minister to the White home since 2019. Orbán announced that he would argue in favour of peculiar treatment: «To search exemption from sanctions, it is crucial to realize (by the US) the difficulties that arise with our geographical position».
U.S. NATO ambassador Matthew Whitaker expects Budapest, Bratislava and Ankara to present plans to decision distant from Russian energy sources. Whitaker noted that Hungary had not yet prepared specified a solution.
Exception for Germany
The German subsidiary of Rosnieft in Schwedt received an exemption from sanctions due to its importance for the energy safety of Germany. In 2022, after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the German government assumed Rosnieft's assets in Germany by temporary board.
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