A file photo shows Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban shakes hands with US President Donald Trump at an event. — AP BUDAPEST, Nov 07 (AFP): Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban was due to meet Donald Trump in Washington on Friday for the first time since his ally was re-elected US president, as he seeks a waiver on American sanctions on Russian oil.
The United States hit Russia's two biggest oil producers with sanctions last month, the first such measures targeting Moscow since Trump returned to the White House, in a bid to end the war in Ukraine.
Hungary-the closest ally in the European Union of both Trump and the Kremlin-depends heavily on Russian oil and gas despite EU efforts to wean itself off.
Orban-who will be accompanied by a large delegation that includes six ministers-has said he would seek a sanctions waiver on Russian energy.
"I have to achieve results," Orban said in his regular weekly state radio interview released Friday.
In a recent interview with Italy's La Repubblica daily, Orban has deemed Trump made a mistake "from the Hungarian point of view".
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