In response to the publication of latest audio recordings of conversations between Russian Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó – which debate particulars of discussions at EU Council conferences – the European Fee has reminded that Szijjártó had already been warned in regards to the inadmissibility of revealing such info.

Supply: European Fee overseas affairs spokesperson Anitta Hipper, as reported by a European Pravda journalist in Brussels

Particulars: The Fee stated Szijjártó had beforehand been warned about the necessity to keep the confidentiality of discussions held throughout EU Council conferences.

"After which on the earlier dialogue that we had on the precept of honest cooperation, the Excessive Consultant [of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas] has spoken earlier this week with the Overseas Minister [of Hungary, Péter Szijjártó], additionally reiterating as soon as extra the significance of confidentiality of closed-doors discussions," Hipper stated.

She added that Kallas had additionally made it clear to Szijjártó that "the Council's inside deliberations should not be disclosed to 3rd events".

Background:

• On 31 March media shops posted leaked audio recordings of a dialog between Lavrov and Szijjártó, shedding mild on their contact amid a scandal over the doable switch by Budapest to Moscow of particulars from confidential EU discussions.
• Among the many recordings was one regarding Szijjártó's lobbying to elevate EU sanctions in opposition to Gulbahor Ismailova, the sister of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov.
• Following this, Szijjártó as soon as once more criticised the European Union's sanctions coverage in opposition to Russia.

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