Donald Trump is considering releasing Hungary from sanctions against Russian oil companies. The erstwhile president of the United States pointed to the country's geographical challenges - the deficiency of access to the sea makes Hungary dependent on Russian oil and gas supplies.
Trump answered the question of the anticipation of exempting Hungarian operators from sanctions. As PAP informed, he said, "We're considering it. It's a large country, a large country, but there's no sea. There are no ports. And that's why they have a hard problem. Incidentally, there is another country that has the same problem, but considering what happened to Europe, many of these countries do not have these problems and buys quite a few oil and gas from Russia."
Orbán confirms the dependency
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán confirmed his country's dependence on Russian oil. Hungary receives natural material with the relationship pipeline, which connects Russia with the countries of Central Europe.
Orbán announced negotiations on oil imports. According to PAP, he stated: "The pipeline is not an ideological or political issue. It is simply a physical reality (...) So we will negociate on this matter". The Hungarian government seeks exceptions to Western sanctions imposed on Russia.
Key infrastructure
The geographical situation of Hungary - a country without access to the sea - makes it hard to diversify energy sources. relationship pipeline remains a key energy infrastructure for this country.
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