As TASS reports, Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar urged the European Commission to consider as soon as possible the fact that Ukraine is blocking the transit of Russian oil producer Lukoil. Russian oil is supplied to these countries over the Druzhba oil pipeline passing through Ukraine, the volume accounting for 40% of Hungarian and Slovakian oil consumption.
On July 22, Slovakia and Hungary asked the European Commission for assistance with the request to use the EU “agreement, on the basis of which Ukraine should not block oil transit.” However, Blanar posted on Facebook yesterday that the EU Commission postponed the decision. He stated: “I decisively deny games with Slovak energy security and hope that common sense, the European law and interests of citizens of this community will finally prevail. I urge the European Commission not to waste time and to take the side of its member-countries and especially its residents as soon as possible.”
