Trump Says Orban Asked for Russian Oil Sanction Waiver

Описание: Prime Minister Viktor Orban is looking for an economic boost from his meeting with President Donald Trump next week, as well as assurances that Hungary can be shielded from the impact of US sanctions on Russian oil, according to a senior minister.

Trump and Orban will sign energy and defense deals as well as economic and financial agreements at a meeting that will take place at the White House on Nov. 7, Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyas said at a briefing in Budapest on Thursday. He didn’t elaborate.

Orban, a longtime supporter and ideological ally of the US president, has so far little to show for the economic boom he had envisioned after Trump’s return to power. Instead of a flood of US investments, Hungary, which relies on exports for growth, has had to weather Trump’s protectionist agenda, including US tariffs on European Union goods.

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