US EditionAt White House Meeting, Hungary’s Orbán to Seek Trump’s Blessing to Keep Buying Russian Oil
Orbán seeks U.S. tolerance for Hungary’s 86% reliance on Russian oil amid sanctions and discusses a peace plan for Ukraine with Trump at White House meeting.
- On Friday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits President Donald Trump at the White House to press the U.S. to overlook Hungary's continued purchases of Russian oil in their first meeting since Trump retook office.
- Independent researchers say Hungary raised Russian oil's share from 61% to around 86%, and Orbán says Hungary relies on the Druzhba pipeline with no viable alternatives.
- Hungary could use the Adria pipeline, critics and the Croatian oil transport company say, while Daniel Fried dismissed Orbán's claims, noting Poland's long preparation for alternatives.
- Trump has signaled receptiveness, having earlier praised Viktor Orbán as a "very great leader" in October, and analysts say the meetings could boost Orbán politically within Trump's MAGA movement.
- As the war nears its fourth anniversary, Brussels and Washington intensify pressure on Hungary to curb Russian oil imports, while Orbán's veto threats and refusal to allow weapons transfers strain EU unity.
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They have long been regarded as close allies: now US President Trump has even offered Hungarian Prime Minister Orban the prospect of continuing to buy oil and gas from Russia - despite the existing sanctions.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Donald Trump in the White House this Friday and left the meeting with the US President with what he was looking for: clear support for next year’s elections and the possibility that Hungary would bypass the US sanctions on Russian oil, which would pave the way for the Hungarian right-wing leader to re-election. “He is a great country and a great leader,” Trump said about his guest, of whom he strongl…
The West is not united on the issue of Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said today at a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump at the White House.
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