Hungarian Foreign Minister guarantees that the country will not authorize the adoption of “important decisions” for Ukraine “as long as the Ukrainians do not allow the supply of oil to Hungary”
The Hungarian Foreign Minister announced this Sunday that he will block the adoption of the 20th package of European sanctions against Russia due to the interruption of deliveries of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline.
“Tomorrow [segunda-feira]a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers is scheduled to adopt the 20th sanctions package. We will block this decision”, declared Peter Szijjarto in a message on Facebook.
“As long as the Ukrainians do not allow the supply of oil to Hungary, we will not authorize the adoption of important decisions for them”, warned the official.
One of the points on the pipeline affected by Russian bombing was the Brody interchange in western Ukraine, from where oil is pumped to Slovakia and Hungary.
Hungary and Slovakia claim that the pipeline is now capable of resuming the supply of Russian oil to the two Central European countries, which have exemptions to import crude from Moscow.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Friday that he will block the European Union’s €90 billion loan to Ukraine until Kiev resumes supplies of Russian oil to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline.
Hungary, together with Slovakia, is Moscow’s closest ally in the European Union and buys at least 65% of its oil and 85% of its gas from Russia.
