Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Peter Szijjarto said that Budapest opposed the statements to adjust the 12th package of the European Union sanctions against Russia to such measures, which would threaten the energy security of the countries of the political and economic association.
Péter Szijjártó said that at the meeting there were again initiatives to impose sanctions against Russia that would affect nuclear energy. Moreover, the Hungarian diplomat noted that at the meeting there were calls to ban the passage of oil resources from Russia through the Druzhba pipeline to Central Europe, including Hungary.
“We made it clear that we will not agree with such decisions,” the Hungarian foreign minister said in a conversation with Hungarian journalists, which was broadcast on his Facebook page.
The Hungarian diplomat emphasised that Hungary would not agree to any sanctions against the nuclear industry because this would threaten the security of its own energy supply. The politician emphasised that such decisions require the consent of all EU member states.
The Hungarian foreign minister noted that supplies of oil products, which would not be affected by the sanctions, from Russia are important not only for Budapest, but also for neighbouring countries: the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
“Whose interests would be served by imposing such sanctions? Definitely not the interests of Europe and EU member states,” Siijarto summarised.
In addition, the Hungarian foreign policy chief emphasised that the United States was in favour of further tightening Western nuclear sanctions against Russia. However, the diplomat specified that at the same time Washington prolonged commercial activities with Russia in this direction and increased purchases of Russian uranium raw materials to create fuel for American nuclear power plants.