Szijjártó said the new sanctions were “basically an update to earlier rules” and did not contain any restrictions concerning energy imports, the foreign ministry quoted him as saying. The Hungarian government “did not break unity and did not boycot the agreement though it thinks that the community should strive for peace”, he said. The package does not include sanctions concerning Russia’s Gazprombank, Szijjártó said, adding that the Hungarian government had “very firmly” indicated earlier that it would not support such measures.
Concerning details of the European sanctions, Szijjártó said the community would introduce an embargo on gold, restrict the trade of dual-use products used in both civilian and defence industry, impose further restrictions in public purchases as well as restrictions concerning accounting and consulting services. A further 48 private individuals and 9 organisations have been added to the earlier sanctions list, including a Russian deputy prime minister, several political leaders of members of the Russian Federation, as well as Sberbank.
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