Replacing Russian oil imports would take years and cost several hundreds of millions of forints, while changes to Hungary's energy transmission system would cost thousands of billions of forints, the prime minister said.Continue reading
Hungary will withhold its vote for the latest EU package of sanctions unless a solution is found to Hungary’s concerns over its energy security, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, wrote on Facebook on Sunday.
“Today I spoke by phone again with my friend Shahid Abdullah, president of the United Nations General Assembly, whom I often consult with regard to the war in Ukraine,” Szijjártó wrote.
He asked him to continue applying UN pressure to secure a ceasefire and build peace. “Securing peace as soon as possible would be in the best interest of us Hungarians,” he added.
Regarding the latest proposed EU sanctions package, the minister said that Shahid Abdullah knew very well that Hungary had voted for all the sanctions packages so far, but the latest would upend the security of Hungary’s energy supply. “We will not vote for this package,” Szijjártó wrote.
Featured photo via Péter Szijjártó’s Facebook page