# IN BRIEF: What is known about Hungary’s refusal to join the Carpathian Eight

https://mins.news/en/item/68994

- TASS, 2026-09-22 13:33 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2191173

> Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said Hungary declined an invitation to join Ukraine-backed Carpathian Eight format for “valid reasons.” He also said Budapest would not implement plans for an oil-product storage facility for Ukraine in Hungary. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga called the decision surprising and the Hungarian statements “unjustifiably confrontational.”

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