Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said strategic cooperation with the UK on nuclear energy has been launched, with a specific focus on small modular reactors. ;

Hungary's foreign minister said on Monday Budapest would "soon" see if it will get guarantees from the European Commission to protect its energy supply. EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to try to overcome a Hungarian block on extending EU sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has stated that Hungary agreed to extend sanctions against Russia after the EU provided it with "commitments" related to energy security. Source: European Pravda,

Sikorski believes that Budapest changed its mind after Trump called Russian dictator Vladimir Putin as an aggressor and threatened Moscow with sanctions if it did not engage in peace talks. It was the new US president's first clear position on Russia's war against Ukraine.

The European Union on Monday renewed its wide-ranging sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine after Hungary stopped holding up the move in return for a declaration on energy security. The bloc’s foreign policy chief,