BUDAPEST, November 6. /TASS/. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hopes to secure an exemption for his country from US sanctions imposed on Russian oil and gas companies Rosneft and Lukoil, he will try to convince US President Donald Trump of the need for the waiver at their meeting at the White House on October 7.
"All diplomatic negotiations are difficult, but I expect friendly and easy negotiations," the Prime Minister said, talking to Hungarian reporters on board his plane en route to Washington.
They asked the Prime Minister whether Hungary could secure an exemption from restrictions on energy supplies from Russia.
"The stakes are high, but the negotiations won't be difficult because I know the President, and he knows me. We're familiar with the subject matter, we just need to reach an agreement," MTI quoted Orban as saying.
Responding to the comment that he had already approached Trump with such a request, but the US leader hadn't yet given a positive answer, Orban replied: "What happened before or after doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is that when an agreement is reached, we'll shake hands."
