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Energy Dispute with Ukraine Escalates Amid Oil Transit Row
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Orbán Vows Hungary Won’t Yield to Kyiv’s Blackmail, Stops Diesel Exports to Ukraine
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Wednesday that Hungary faces increasing pressure from both Brussels and Kyiv, which are resorting to ‘crude and underhanded methods’. ‘Ukraine is blackmailing Hungary by stopping oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline,’ he stressed in a video message uploaded to his social media, adding that this forced the government to ‘dip into our strategic reserves’. According to Orbán, the aim of Kyiv’s blackmail is t…
Everything is in place for the resumption of crude oil shipments to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline, according to Szijjártó, but the Ukrainian side is unwilling to allow this. The suspension will remain in place until Ukraine resumes shipments to Hungary.
Hungary suspends diesel exports to Ukraine amid pipeline dispute
Hungary has suspended diesel fuel deliveries to Ukraine with immediate effect and will not resume shipments until crude oil transit via the Druzhba pipeline is restored, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday, reported Xinhua. The suspension will remain in place until Ukraine restarts crude oil deliveries to Hungary through the pipeline, Szijjarto told a press conference following a government meeting. …
Budapest wants to make dispute over Russian energy imports a topic in the election campaign
Ukraine is not allowing the resumption of oil transportation via the Friendship pipeline for political reasons. According to the government, this is endangering Hungary's security of supply, which is why preparations have been made to partially release strategic oil reserves, State Secretary for Energy Attila Steiner reported on Wednesday.
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