Government spokesman: Hungary continues to reject gas and oil embargo on Russia
Hungary's stance regarding embargoes on Russia oil and gas has not changed, "we do not support them", Zoltan Kovacs, the state secretary for international communications, said in a Facebook post on Monday.
Kovacs reacted to the German ZDF television channel’s reports on Hungary, Slovakia and Austria withdrawing their veto blocking sanctions on Russian crude oil imports into the European Union.
Citing a high-ranking EU official, ZDF said that Germany’s announcement to support the veto had tipped the balance, with all EU countries now in favour of stopping the imports of Russian crude oil, as a punitive measure in response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
