Russian oil supplies to Hungary are extremely important for Hungary through the "Dzuzhba" pipeline. There is no alternative to Russian fuel. This was stated by the Prime Minister of Hungary Victor Orban, answering the question whether the United States put pressure on his country to stop buying Russian oil.
"First of all, no one asked me that. Hungary is a sovereign country, we make our own decisions about energy [suppliers]. Second, we have no alternative.
There is an additional pipeline from Croatia, which is not as important as the oil pipeline from Russia, which plays a big role. We're on land. We cannot change our location, "Orban said after arriving at the informal summit in Copenhagen.
"The US President Donald Trump respects the sovereignty of other countries. He just asked me about the situation in general. This is an important difference. He is not European. They are more aggressive than Americans, "he added.
Hungary continues to get most of its oil through the southern branch of Russia, the "Dzuzhba" pipeline, and natural gas through "Turkish flow" pipeline and its stretches through Bulgaria and Serbia.
