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FM: Operation of TurkStream pipeline is guaranteed
The operation of the TurkStream pipeline is guaranteed in the long run after Dutch authorities re-issued the export license of a company partly responsible for its maintenance.
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Gulyás: It is vital to gauge public opinion on EU sanctions
The cabinet on Wednesday approved the ruling Fidesz party’s proposal to launch a “National Consultation” public survey on the EU sanctions.
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Government approves "National Consultation" survey on EU sanctions against Russia
“I ask everyone to give their opinion, because only through joint action can we put an end to the rise in energy prices,” PM Orbán said.
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FM: Sanctions have failed
The foreign minister said sanctions had “failed”, while the war was escalating and energy prices were at a record high.
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FM: EC’s sixth gas sanctions package against Russia is unacceptable
Péter Szijjártó said Hungary has proposed exempting oil pipeline deliveries in the case of an EU oil embargo.
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FM: Hungarians must not be made to pay price of war in Ukraine
If the EC intends to impose an embargo on Russian oil, it must financially and physically guarantee that the decision will not hurt the Hungarian people or Hungary’s energy security.
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Hungary calls for pipeline deliveries to be exempt from EU sanctions
The foreign minister said the European Commission had not made a proposal that would ameliorate the damaging effects of an embargo on Russian oil.
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FM: Sanctions are problematic for Hungary
Hungary wants peace in Ukraine as soon as possible and will support all diplomatic efforts to end the war.
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FM: Hungary won't vote for latest EU package of sanctions
Minister Szijjártó said the effect of the EU’s planned sanctions package against Russian fossil fuels on Hungary’s energy security and the economy would be akin to a “nuclear bomb”.
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FM: Hungary will not support proposals that place oil or gas imports under sanctions
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the government does not object to other countries sending arms to Ukraine, but it will not send weapons itself.
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FM: Energy supplies not affected by latest round of EU sanctions
The foreign minister said energy supplies are not affected by the latest round of EU sanctions against Russia, and Hungary’s energy supply is still secure.
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ICYMI: US Ambassador Cornstein denies sanctions story as fake news
Last night, I tweeted about US Ambassador Cornstein’s interview that aired on Hungarian television. In the interview, the ambassador categorically denied a story that the US is planning sanctions against Hungary.
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PM Orbán on Russia and EU sanctions: We ‘cannot treat non-economic problems with economic measures’
“It is hard to imagine a successful Hungary,” the prime minister said, “without establishing open, vigorous and fruitful economic and trade relations with one of the biggest players in the global economy”