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Péter Szijjártó

Péter Szijjártó

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary

Appears in 2 stories

Born: 1978 (age 47 years), Komárom, Hungary
Education: Corvinus University of Budapest (2002)
Spouse: Szilvia Nagy (m. 2009)
Party: Fidesz
Parents: István Szijjártó, Edit Szijjártóné Herczeg
Office: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary

Notable Quotes

Diesel fuel deliveries to Ukraine will not resume until the Ukrainians resume crude oil deliveries via the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary.

Oil transit has not been restored by decision of Ukraine. This is a purely political decision.

Stories

Central Europe's energy ties to Russia become a weapon in the Ukraine war

Force in Play

Leading Hungary's diplomatic offensive over pipeline dispute

For decades, Russian oil flowed west through the Druzhba pipeline and European electricity flowed east into Ukraine's war-battered grid. That exchange is now collapsing. After a Russian drone strike knocked out the pipeline's main Ukrainian pumping station on January 27, Slovakia and Hungary—the last European Union members still importing Russian crude through the line—have escalated from halting diesel exports to threatening Ukraine's electricity supply.

Updated Feb 21

U.S. and Hungary sign nuclear energy partnership

Rule Changes

Co-signatory of the nuclear cooperation agreement

For decades, Hungary has relied almost entirely on Russia for nuclear fuel, natural gas, and oil—a dependency that persisted even as the rest of Europe scrambled to cut ties after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. On February 16, 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó signed an agreement that begins to change that: Hungary can now purchase up to 10 American-built small modular reactors worth as much as $20 billion, and will start receiving Westinghouse fuel for its Russian-built Paks I plant by 2028.

Updated Feb 16