Overview
- Viktor Orbán is due at the White House around 17:00 CET for talks focused on Russian energy and the war in Ukraine.
- Hungary will argue for an exemption from planned U.S. sanctions on Russian oil, according to Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó.
- President Trump has said Orbán requested a carve-out but that the United States did not grant one.
- Hungary continues to import Russian crude via pipelines under an EU waiver that Brussels plans to end in 2027.
- The meeting tracks with Washington’s tightened sanctions on Russian energy firms and pressure on third-country buyers, and follows the cancellation of a proposed Trump–Putin meeting in Budapest over low odds of success.