Hungary promised not to support sanctions against Gazprom and Rosatom

Hungary will not support sanctionsagainst any companies providing energy supplies, Szijjártó stressed. The adoption of new sanctions, the introduction of which was announced by the EU, requires the consent of all members of the union,

Hungary will not agree to be included in the sanctions lists of companies that provide energy supplies, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“We will never agree with the inclusion of Rosatom or Gazprom in the sanctions list. And we will never agree to the imposition of sanctions against any enterprise that is important to us in terms of energy supplies,” he said.

The minister explained that, for example, if restrictions are imposed on Rosatom, the Paks-2 nuclear power plant project in Hungary will be in jeopardy. The country is not ready to agree to this.

The day before, on September 23, RIA Novosti notes, Szijjarto praised the cooperation with Gazprom with the words that it is “going on in a very honest manner” and expressed hope for the continuation of the partnership in accordance with the contract.

Szijjarto noted that Hungary would not be able to "handle the winter" without Russian gas supplies. “Now we can, because we have enough gas, but a number of other European countries cannot survive the winter without Russian gas. However, I don’t know what the Western European countries themselves think about this,” he added.

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Against the backdrop of holding referendums in the "liberated" territories and the announcement of partial mobilization in the EU, they started talking about developing a new package of sanctions. The HEAD of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, indicated that the restrictions would be introduced "as soon as possible in coordination" with EU partners. He clarified that we are talking about personal and sectoral sanctions.

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According to The Financial Times, the new package will include a ceiling on Russian oil prices and restrictions on information technology and cybersecurity. There are also proposals in the EU to disconnect more Russian banks from the international SWIFT system and ban diamond imports, the publication claims.

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Szijjarto said a day earlier that his country sees "no rational reason to pursue a new package of sanctions, especially when it comes to energy." He indicated that Budapest would take part in the discussion of new restrictions, but would not approve those that would be contrary to the "national interests" of Hungary.

The head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry also said that while the EU is not discussing the lifting of sanctions against Moscow, RIA Novosti writes. At the same time, Prime Minister Viktor Orban pointed out that the lifting of restrictions could help restore the European economy.

President Vladimir Putin said that the West tried to “crush the Russian economy” with sanctions, but it “did not work”, and those who imposed restrictions started to have problems.