The prime minister of Latvia is mistaken, Hungary is acting in accordance with the EU agreement concluded in December 2025, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wrote in a post on X addressed to Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina on Friday.
Mr Orbán highlighted: in December 2025 he agreed to this arrangement because, at that time, Ukraine was still complying with its obligations under the Association Agreement with the European Union and was not blocking oil shipments from Russia to Hungary.
“Unfortunately, President Zelenskyy has since placed Hungary under an oil blockade, which poses an existential threat to the Hungarian economy,” the Prime Minister wrote, adding that the Latvian prime minister “cannot ask me to support an EU loan to a country that has unlawfully altered the agreed conditions of December 2025.”
“My proposal is fair. We must return to the conditions of December 2025, and everything will be resolved,” Mr Orbán pointed out.
At the same time, he observed: “Instead of attacking me, you should be knocking on President Zelenskyy’s door, urging him to restore lawful conditions and to lift the oil blockade on Hungary.”
“For us Hungarians, it is difficult to understand why Latvia, our ally in NATO and partner in the European Union, stands not with Hungary but with Ukraine, which is in breach of its obligations. I hope that this misguided and unfair political position will change in the spirit of loyal cooperation,” the Prime Minister wrote.
Mr Orbán stressed “My country’s position is legally sound, morally right, and politically reasonable.”
“More respect for Hungary!” Mr Orbán wrote, concluding his post.
