Hungary will not wean itself off Russian energy supplies, the country’s foreign minister has told the Guardian, despite the White House’s demand for NATO allies to stop buying Russian oil, The Guardian reports.

“We can’t ensure the safe supply [of energy products] for our country without Russian oil or [natural] gas sources,” Peter Szijjarto said.

Szijjarto’s remarks came after US President Donald Trump made new sanctions on Russia conditional on NATO disconnecting itself from the Russian energy supply.

“I am ready to do major Sanctions on Russia when all NATO Nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO Nations STOP BUYING OIL FROM RUSSIA,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform last week.

The demand followed a series of deadlines Trump had set for Moscow to make progress on ending the war with Ukraine, which passed without further action. Some allies questioned whether he is serious about wanting to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin, or merely passing the buck to Europe.

Hungary’s state-owned MOL Group imports about 5 million tons of oil annually through the Druzhba pipeline, supplying crude oil to refineries in Hungary and Slovakia. Those two countries have been most resistant to calls to halt energy imports from Russia.

Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban, is one of Trump’s closest ideological allies in Europe and has regularly praised him. Orban has also sharply criticized Ukraine while retaining cordial relations with the Kremlin.