The head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, Peter Szijjártó, commented on Kiev’s imposition of sanctions against Lukoil, a Russian company that supplies oil via the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary and Slovakia.
According to him, Hungary indicated to the Kyiv authorities that this is “an incomprehensible, unacceptable and unfriendly decision on their part.”
Szijjártó said that he would raise this issue on Monday, July 22, at a meeting of the EU Council at the level of foreign ministers in Brussels.
“It’s strange,” the Hungarian minister noted, “that a country that is trying to join the European Union seriously threatens the energy supply of two EU member states.”
The Slovak Economy Ministry confirmed earlier that Lukoil’s oil supplies had been suspended after the company was blacklisted by Kiev. The failure with supplies may negatively influence the work of the Bratislava refinery owned by Slovnaft, according to the Teraz portal. Roughly two thirds of oil refined at the facility originate from Russia. Russian oil is delivered to Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline running through Ukrainian territory.
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Сийярто: Киев заблокировал поставки нефти РФ в Венгрию через нитку "Дружбы"
ReplyDeleteСообщается, что Украина в прошлом месяце ужесточила санкции против компании "Лукойл", фактически запретив транзит российской нефти через страну. В связи с этим "Лукойл" совместно с венгерской энергетической компанией MOL ищет пути для возобновления поставок.
"Сейчас на Украине сложилась ситуация, из-за которой "Лукойл" в настоящее время не осуществляет поставки в Венгрию. Сейчас мы работаем над юридически приемлемым решением", – рассказал Сийярто в кулуарах заседания ООН в Нью-Йорке.