Hungary is not in a position to agree to the proposed EU sanctions until all outstanding issues resolved, Prime Minister Viktor Orban says in a letter to Charles Michel.
The European Union’s proposed new sanctions against Russia, including an oil embargo, should not be discussed at next week’s summit of the bloc’s leaders, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said in a letter to the head of the European Council.
Hungary is “unlikely” to drop its opposition to an embargo before the summit and was not in a position to agree to the proposed EU sanctions until all outstanding issues are resolved, Orban wrote to the President of the European Council Charles Michel on May 23.
The European Commission this month proposed new sanctions against Russia, but the package required the unanimous support of all 27 EU member states and Hungary blocked them.
Orban reiterated his stance that “solutions must come before sanctions”....
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