The European Commission responded to the joint letter of the Hungarian and Slovak governments after more than ten days, but in the matter of the Druzhba pipeline, it did not take the side of Budapest and Bratislava against Ukraine. According to the hirado.hu server, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said this on Friday, the TASR correspondent in Budapest reports.
The head of Hungarian diplomacy stated that the previous day it was “proven beyond doubt” that the Ukrainians are blocking oil supplies to Hungary for political reasons and it is clear that there is no physical, technical or engineering reason for the oil blockade.
Raw material from Russia does not flow through the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary and Slovakia since January 27. According to Kyiv, the reason is the Russian attack on the oil pipeline facility. Orbán and Fico suspect Ukraine of political blackmail, which claims that it is working to repair damaged infrastructure.
On Monday, Orbán published satellite images that allegedly prove that the operation of the Druzhba pipeline is not limited. On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Orbán that the control panel and the underground pipeline of the damaged Druzhba pipeline are not visible from the satellite.
