Govt spox: Hungary govt continues to reject gas and oil embargo on Russia

Hungary's stance regarding embargoes on Russia oil and gas has not changed, Zoltan Kovacs, the state secretary for international communications, said. "We do not support them", he said in a Facebook post. Kovacs reacted to the German ZDF television channel's reports on Hungary, Slovakia and Austria withdrawing their veto blocking sanctions on Russian crude oil imports into the European Union. Citing a high-ranking EU official, ZDF said that Germany's announcement in support of the veto had tipped the balance, with all EU countries now in favour of stopping the imports of Russian crude oil as a punitive measure in response to Russia's attack on Ukraine.