Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his country has received an exemption from US sanctions on Russian energy after White House meeting with President Donald Trump, an allowance that will keep Russian oil and gas flowing to Hungary in a sign of the close affinity between the two leaders.

Orbán, a longtime Trump ally, had come to Washington seeking to convince the president to allow Hungary to continue importing Russian oil and gas without being subject to sanctions Trump's administration has placed on Russian fossil fuels.

A White House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorised to speak publicly, said Hungary will get an exemption for a year.

Hungary has also been under heavy pressure to end its reliance on Russian energy from the European U

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