{"id":380044,"date":"2024-07-23T12:56:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T10:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2024\/07\/23\/ucraina-lukoil-ungheria-e-slovacchia\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T14:00:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T12:00:05","slug":"ukraine-stops-lukoil-transit-hungary-and-slovakia-rise-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2024\/07\/23\/ukraine-stops-lukoil-transit-hungary-and-slovakia-rise-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine stops Lukoil transit, Hungary and Slovakia rise up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels -Ukraine shut down the transit of\u00a0Russian crude oil pumped by state company Lukoil, causing an upstir in Hungary and Slovakia. The two EU countries are serious and ready for all legal options<\/strong>. “Together with Slovakia, we have started consultations with the European Commission before proceedings in the selected court,” said\u00a0Hungary’s foreign minister, P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kyiv’s choice is serious, impacting\u00a0Ukraine’s EU accession process<\/a>. “This is an unacceptable and incomprehensible move from a country that wants to become a member of the European Union<\/strong>,” insists the foreign minister in Budapest. The government of Volodymir Zelensky “with a single decision puts the oil supply of two EU member states at fundamental risk,” he said. Ukraine’s decision not to allow Lukoil to transit oil supplies through Ukrainian soil “represents a fundamental threat to the security of energy supplies to Hungary and Slovakia<\/strong>,” he added.<\/p>\n

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\u274cFM P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3: Ukraine’s decision to not allow Lukoil to transit oil supplies through Ukraine poses a fundamental threat to the security of energy supplies to Hungary and Slovakia.<\/p>\n

This is an unacceptable and incomprehensible move by a country that wants to become a\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Q6dLAthQv5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Zoltan Kovacs (@zoltanspox) July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n