Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban has said his country has received an exemption from US sanctions on Russian energy after a meeting in the White House with US president Donald Trump.
It is an allowance that will keep Russian oil and gas flowing to Hungary in a sign of the close affinity between the two leaders.
Mr Orban, a long-time Trump ally, had come to Washington seeking to convince the president to allow Hungary to continue importing Russian oil and gas without being subject to sanctions Mr Trump’s administration has placed on Russian fossil fuels.
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