US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that during his upcoming visit to Europe, in particular, Hungary and Slovakia, he plans to discuss with the leadership of these countries the need to stop purchasing energy resources from Russia.
Responding to a journalist's direct question about whether he would call on Budapest and Bratislava to stop importing Russian energy, Rubio confirmed that this topic is on the agenda, the website says. US Department of State.
"We will have these conversations with them. We will talk to them about what needs to happen. I won't go into the details of what exactly we will say in these meetings," the Secretary of State emphasized.
Rubio also described Hungary and Slovakia as countries that "work very closely with the United States," calling the visit a good opportunity to visit countries he had not previously visited.
