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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Andrew Roth in New York and Shaun Walker in Helsinki

Hungary refuses to stop buying Russian oil despite Trump’s Nato demand

Hungary’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó
Péter Szijjártó said it was ‘totally impossible to carry out fact-based, rational dialogue based on common sense’ with European officials. Photograph: Attila Kovács/EPA

Hungary will not wean itself off Russian energy supplies, the country’s foreign minister has told the Guardian, despite the White House’s demand for Nato allies to stop buying Russian oil.

Donald Trump has demanded that Europe halt Russian oil imports, but in an interview on the sidelines of the 80th annual session of the UN general assembly, Péter Szijjártó said: “We can’t ensure the safe supply [of energy products] for our country without Russian oil or gas sources,” while adding that he “understood” Trump’s approach.

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