Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said this morning that he "shook hands" with US President Donald Trump to have Hungary permanently exempted from US oil sanctions, the Hungarian news agency MTI reported, quoted by BTA.
"As long as he is president there and I am prime minister here, there will be no sanctions. It is no exaggeration to say that we have held the most important negotiations so far this year," Orban said on the social network "Facebook".
He added that the stakes for Hungary were maximum. The entry into force of US sanctions against Russian energy resources would have led to a double or triple increase in household bills before Christmas and a 1,000 forint (approx. 5 leva) increase in the price of a liter of gasoline in Hungary.
"This would have been a real disaster. We managed to avoid this danger. This way, Hungarian families will have the Christmas they want," the prime minister said.