Hungary will never accept sanctions against the Russian Federation in the field of nuclear energy; this is against his interests. This was stated by the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Peter Szijjarto, speaking at the international forum “Atomexpo-2024” in Sochi. TASS.
According to him, other countries asked Budapest about this issue, but they answered that they were not ready to accept sanctions that would harm national interests.
“And sanctions against cooperation with Russia in nuclear energy harm our national interests,” Szijjarto said.
The diplomat added that many countries turned to Hungary to block sanctions, which caused them the same damage as everyone else.
According to the head of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it would be unfair for the European Union to impose any sanctions on the Russian Federation in the field of the nuclear industry, since the United States continues to cooperate with Moscow and purchases uranium from it to produce fuel. nuclear power plants.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in early March statedHe said there was no chance of defeating Russia in the proxy war initiated by the West.
Previously Governor of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina named The most painful sanctions against the Russian Federation.