The United States may soon announce sanctions against Hungarian “powerful citizens” amid a significant deterioration in bilateral relations and criticism of the actions of the Hungarian government of Viktor Orban.
About this, as he writes “European Truth”the Hungarian edition reported 444.hu citing several diplomatic sources.
It is alleged that the announcement of sanctions may be made as early as Wednesday, April 12, because the press conference of the US Ambassador to Hungary, David Pressman, is scheduled for this day. The embassy did not announce what the diplomat would talk about.
According to 444.hu sources, the situation of 2014, when the US denied entry eight Hungarian current and former officials amid deteriorating relations between Washington and Budapest.
According to the publication, in recent months, diplomatic conflicts have continued between the United States and Hungary, primarily related to attacks on the American ambassador.
In early February, for example, Pressman sharply criticized the Hungarian government, which talks about promoting peace but continues to express views espoused by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
And recently he pointed out double standards Orban, who on Twitter publicly supported Donald Trump, who was facing criminal charges in the United States.
The Hungarian premier, in turn, in an address to the nation in February called Pressman (Pressman) the one who puts pressure on his government (the pressman), and joked if the next ambassador in Budapest would be called Puccini (a hint of a putsch).
Back in early April, Pressman himself said in an interview with the Népszava portal that his position reflects the position of the American government, and the campaign against him in the Hungarian media, according to Washington, was sanctioned precisely in the Hungarian government.
Recall that last year the United States denounced the treaty with Hungary 1979 double tax treaty in response to the Hungarian government’s refusal to agree to a global minimum tax.
