Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed Hungary's Russian oil imports in a phone call yesterday evening, Hungary's Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártó, has confirmed.
"The Prime Minister also spoke with President Donald Trump recently, and they discussed several matters, including the state of the war, the possibility of peace, the state of the world economy, the situation arising from the tariffs, and, of course, the issue of Central European energy supply. This happened a few hours ago," Szijjártó told reporters after meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.
Earlier, Donald Trump demanded that all NATO allies suspend oil imports from Russia to break Russia's war economy. He said he was prepared to talk to Orbán about the issue.
“He is a friend of mine. I have not spoken to him, but I have a feeling that if I did, he might stop. And I think I’ll be doing that," Trump said earlier this week.
Orbán's cabinet minister Gergely Gulyás discussed the content of the phone call during a press briefing in Budapest on Thursday.
"He made the American president aware of the Hungarian angles which make for a rational decision in the country's interest and which are required to keep utility costs down. The President understood these aspects," Gulyás said.
The minister added that Hungary has few options to diversify its oil supplies, as there is limited capacity in the Adria pipeline, which enters Hungary from Croatia.
