Hungary accused the European Union of disrupting the supply of Russian oil
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency quoted from the Ministry of Oil, Peter Ciarto, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary said: the European Commission’s decision to refrain Mediation in the dispute of stopping the supply of Russian oil from Ukraine shows that the European Union is behind the scenes.
Hungary and its neighbor Slovakia since Ukraine listed Russia’s Lukoil in June imposed sanctions and prevented the passage of the oil of this Russian company to the refineries of Slovakia and Hungary, they protested this action.
Early this month, Hungary and Slovakia asked the European Commission to intervene and mediate because of the threat to the supply security of these two countries.
The words of Ciarto a day after the European Commission rejected Hungary and Slovakia’s request for mediation Between these two countries and Kyiv, sanctions were raised.
These two countries also accepted the proposal of the European Commission to use the additional capacity in the GENAF pipeline Adriatic was rejected in Croatia to supply oil that is not supplied from Russia.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary said: The behavior of the European Commission shows that they have no desire to help provide energy to Hungary and Slovakia, and as evidence shows, this The order has been sent from Brussels to Kiev to create challenges and problems in supplying energy to Hungary and Slovakia.
The European Commission, which has been supporting Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February 2022, has repeatedly asked EU countries to end their dependence on energy supplies from Moscow. to end.
After the start of military conflicts between Moscow and Kiev in 2022, the European Union, in an effort to reduce Russia’s dependence on fossil fuels, banned the import of oil to its member states, but Hungary, exempted Slovakia and the Czech Republic to find alternative routes and sources.
The spokesperson of the European Commission recently said: There is no indication that the sanctions against Ukraine have jeopardized Europe’s energy supplies, as Russian oil continues to be delivered via a separate pipeline Drogheba, which connects Russia from Ukraine to Slovakia and Hungary, will also be transferred.
Slovakia and Hungary have both opposed military aid to Ukraine from Western allies amid tensions between Moscow and Kiev.
The southern branch of the Drozhba pipeline passes from Ukraine to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. It has been the main source of supply for the oil refineries of these countries for many years.
Oil transportation from Russian suppliers, other than Lukoil, by pipeline Drogheba continues.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary said earlier: Russian crude oil shipments through the Drogheba pipeline are about It contains 65% of Hungary’s oil needs and there is no alternative supply route that can replace it.
A Hungarian government official had previously announced that the Hungarian Moval (MOL) company He is passing the final stages of negotiations to create a plan aimed at ensuring the transfer of crude oil from Russia.
