US EditionHungary’s Viktor Orbán to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Moscow for energy talks
Orbán seeks to secure Hungarian energy supplies for winter and next year amid EU pressure, while discussing Ukraine peace efforts and nuclear cooperation with Putin.
- On Friday Viktor Orbán, Hungarian Prime Minister, will meet Vladimir Putin, Russian President, in Moscow to discuss crude oil and gas supplies for Hungary as peace efforts are also expected to come up, with Orbán saying, `We can hardly avoid that`.
- With Hungary importing 8.5 million tons of crude oil and more than 7 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia this year, Viktor Orbán, Hungarian Prime Minister, seeks to secure supplies after obtaining a US sanctions exemption earlier this month.
- The talks may include Paks 2 issues and potential sales of sanctioned refineries as Vladimir Putin is open to discussing the Paks 2 nuclear plant and Viktor Orbán seeks Russian energy assets.
- The trip, his second since last year, heightens concerns about EU cohesion as Viktor Orbán, Hungarian Prime Minister, breaks with European Union leaders favoring sanctions ahead of April's parliamentary elections.
- European efforts to shape a peace settlement run alongside energy-focused talks in Moscow as the US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff is expected next week amid Serbia’s fuel crisis and Bulgaria seizing Lukoil's Neftohim refinery.
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Independent EspañolBy JUSTIN SPIKE Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in the Kremlin, once again challenging the efforts of his European Union partners to isolate Moscow for its invasion of neighbouring Ukraine almost four years ago. The trip to Moscow is the second since last year for Orbán, whom many consider to be Putin's closest partner among all EU leaders. Hungary is one of the few countries in th…
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During a visit to Moscow, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban announced that he would continue to buy oil and gas from Russia. Russian energy supplies were the basis of the Hungarian energy supply and would continue to do so in the future, said Orban at a meeting with Russian President Putin in the Kremlin.
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