The European Commission has called on Hungary to clarify "concerning" reports claiming Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó regularly shared sensitive information from European Union meetings to his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.
The Washington Post reported over the weekend that Szijjártó was routinely in contact with Lavrov during EU meetings in Brussels, communicating with him during breaks. The allegations are explosive as EU member states are bound by the principle of sincere cooperation and the content of the meetings is understood to be confidential.
