Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto warned on October 20 that the European Union risks endangering Hungary’s energy supply if it proceeds with plans to ban Russian energy imports without considering the country’s geographic realities.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says Hungary will keep buying fossil fuels from Russia despite demands from President Donald Trump.

On Monday 20 October, the EU Council approved the RePowerEU mechanism, which envisages a complete phase-out of Russian fossil fuels by the European Union, by a large majority. Hungary and Slovakia voted against.

Only Russia friendly Hungary and Slovakia, refused to back the bill, which terminates Russian pipeline and liquified natural gas imports.

“Budapest is essentially the only place in Europe today where such a meeting could be held, primarily because Hungary is almost the only pro-peace country,” Orbán said. “For three years, we have been the only country that has consistently, openly, loudly and actively advocated for peace.”

Trump and Putin will meet in Hungary to discuss bringing “this ‘inglorious’ war, between Russia and Ukraine, to an end,” Trump says.

Hungary's top diplomat tells Newsweek he has faith the US and Russia can come to a rapprochement, just as Trump shifts on Ukraine.

Hungary remains firm in maintaining its supplies of Russian oil and gas, even as the European Union accelerates efforts to cut Russian energy imports. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán argues what he

"I cannot guarantee that an independent Polish court won't order the government to escort such an aircraft down to hand (Putin) over to the court in The Hague," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said.

Hungary will begin negotiations to purchase nuclear fuel from the United States as it looks to diversify its supplies, the country’s foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told the country’s MI state news c

Explosions took place at the Petrotel-Lukoil refinery in Ploiești, southern Romania, as well as at Hungary’s largest oil refinery in Szazhalombatta.