Hungary believes that US sanctions against Gazprombank are an “attempt on sovereignty”
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Hungarian Foreign Minister calls US sanctions against Gazprombank an attempt on the country's sovereignty. Hungary is discussing the situation with Turkey, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Serbia over the threat to energy security.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto believes that US sanctions against Gazprombank jeopardize the energy security of some Central European countries. This was reported by Bloomberg, according to UNN.
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According to Szijjártó, the US decision is an attack on Hungary's sovereignty. That is why Hungary is "considering the situation with the energy ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Serbia.
Hungary is grateful to Turkey, Bulgaria and Serbia for ensuring a very safe, very reliable and very stable transit,
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The publication emphasizes that Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and a number of other EU countries still depend on Russian gas supplies. To pay for these supplies, they used the sanctioned Gazprombank.
According to Bloomberg, if Russia stops supplying gas to Europe, it could increase competition for global supplies and lead to higher prices for natural gas, which would hit Europeans.
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The United States has imposed new sanctions on the Russian financial sector, including Gazprombank and more than 50 banks. The sanctions also targeted 40 securities registrars and 15 financial officials of the Russian Federation.
