Hungary lifted its blocking of the extension of sanctions against Russia related to a full-scale war against Ukraine, due to the position of the head of the United States Donald Trump. In one of the recent statements, the new American president called the Russian Federation an aggressor and was not against economic restrictions on Moscow.

This opinion was expressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Radoslav Sikorsky. RMF24 reports that the politician also participated in the meeting of the EU Mid Foreign Ministers in Brussels (Belgium), which approved the extension of sanctions pressure on Russia.

Hungary threatened that she would block this decision, but ultimately removed her objections.

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According to Sikorsky, the recent threats of the US leader to hit the sanctions on the Russian Federation - this is Trump so clear position on this issue. And this prompted the government of Viktor Orban to change his opinion.

Recall: last week Trump said that if an agreement was not reached in the near future to end the war in Ukraine, Washington will introduce high taxes, duties and sanctions against Russia.

Sikorsky added that " Because the principle of unanimity in the EU "

The head of Polish diplomacy was also asked about the 16th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, which can be adopted on the third anniversary of the full-scale war. The Foreign Minister said that the coordination of this package "