The Goal Is to Create an Oil Supply Emergency in Hungary Ahead of the Elections

According to Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, Ukraine is keeping the Druzhba oil pipeline shut for political reasons in order to exert pressure on Hungary. The minister said the leadership in Kyiv has provided no explanation for the halted deliveries, but Budapest has made it clear it will continue to block key European Union decisions important to Ukraine until oil shipments resume.

Szijjártó Péter külgazdasági és külügyminiszter Forrás: MTI

My second summons just minutes ago once again proved that the Ukrainians are not restarting oil deliveries solely for political reasons. Once again, they gave no explanation, and once again, they provided no timeline,

he said. “It is therefore completely clear that they want to create an oil supply emergency in Hungary ahead of the elections. But we will not allow this. We will not allow them to toy with us, and we will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed. Until oil deliveries to Hungary resume, Hungary will block decisions important to Ukraine,” the foreign minister concluded.

Cover photo: Peter Szijjarto, Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Photo: MTI)