US EditionOrban: Hungary Will Support Ukraine when It Gets Oil
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In the dispute over Russian oil supplies, Hungary's head of government Viktor Orban continues to insist for the time being on his blockade of an EU loan for Ukraine. Hungary will help Ukraine "if we get our oil," said Orban before an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday. Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) and other heads of state and government urged Orban to withdraw.Merz pointed to an agreement on the loan of 90 billion euros in December, which also…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is blocking a €90 billion EU loan to Kiev, reiterated ahead of an EU summit in Brussels today that Hungary would support Ukraine when it "gets its oil." EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, on the other hand, stressed upon arriving at the meeting that it was time for the union to support Ukraine.
At the EU summit, there is a threat of a dispute with Hungary over Ukraine's aid. Viktor Orban blocks billions of dollars and calls for a solution to oil supplies.
Hungary will help Ukraine "when we have our oil", Marteelé Orban. ...
In Brussels, he directly linked Kiev ' s support to the resumption of supplies through the Druze pipeline.
We had an agreement, and I think he betrayed us – that's what Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said about Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban before the EU summit on Thursday in Brussels. As Orpo emphasized, the Hungarian prime minister is using Ukraine as a weapon in his election campaign. Orban himself said before the summit that Budapest will not make any decisions favorable to Ukraine until oil flows to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline.
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