News2026.03.16 09:29

Lithuanian and Hungarian ministers get into spat over Russian oil sanctions

BNS 2026.03.16 09:29

Hungary’s foreign minister on Friday accused the Baltic states of “dancing to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s tune” after Lithuania’s top diplomat said he would be ashamed to live in a country that buys Russian oil.

Péter Szijjártó made the remarks in a Facebook post responding to comments by Kęstutis Budrys, foreign minister of Lithuania.

“The Lithuanian foreign minister could say today that he would be ashamed to live in a country that buys cheap Russian oil,” Szijjártó wrote. “The colleague misunderstood the point. The Baltic states have been playing from Volodymyr Zelensky’s score for a long time; they are jumping when Zelensky whistles.”