Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he will discuss new US sanctions on Russian oil with President Trump in Washington next week.
The US slapped sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, last week, with the former also being blacklisted by the EU.
"We are discussing how to build a sustainable system for my country's economy, because Hungary is heavily dependent on Russian oil and gas. Without them, energy prices will skyrocket, causing shortages in our supplies," Orbán told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica during a visit to Rome.
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