Peter Szijjarto

Peter Szijjarto is the Foreign Minister of Hungary. He is currently newsworthy due to Hungary's repeated obstruction of EU initiatives related to Russia and Ukraine. Recently, Szijjarto has threatened to derail new EU sanctions against Russia. Furthermore, Hungary is posing a hurdle to the EU's proposed 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine. Szijjarto stated Hungary will block this loan until Ukraine resumes oil shipments to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline, citing a shortage and referring to the situation as 'blackmail'. These actions highlight Hungary's divergent stance within the EU regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict and its willingness to leverage its position to pursue its own interests, making Szijjarto a key figure in these international disputes.