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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump connected Friday will invited Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to the White House, wherever the country's acquisition of Russian lipid is apt to beryllium a cardinal talking point.
As Trump's efforts to broker a bid woody betwixt Russia and Ukraine person faltered, helium has accrued unit connected different countries to halt buying Russian oil. Trump has sanctioned Russian lipid companies and suggested "secondary sanctions" for countries that acquisition it, including India and China.
Orbán has continued relations with Russia and has besides refused to proviso Ukraine with weapons, to the disapproval of different European leaders.
However, Orbán has courted the United States, and Trump has praised his leadership.
Orbán is expected to reason Hungary has nary different viable root for vigor and that helium should beryllium exempted from sanctions oregon different penalties for continuing to acquisition Russian oil, which has provided fiscal enactment for Russia's continued warfare with Ukraine.
He is besides expected to advocator for a acme betwixt Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin successful Budapest.
An earlier summit betwixt the 2 leaders was acceptable to beryllium hosted there, but it was scuttled erstwhile Putin showed nary signs of being consenting to negociate his demands.
Orbán has suggested Hungary is inactive unfastened to holding a bid acme if determination is question toward a woody betwixt Russia and Ukraine.
