Slovakia ties new EU sanctions on Russia to Druzhba pipeline restart
Slovakia will support new sanctions against Russia once oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar said in comments posted on the ministry's YouTube channel.
"We are prepared to back even a 20th package of sanctions against Russia, as we believe it will not harm Slovakia's economy—but we will only do so once Russian oil arrives in Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline," he stated.
Earlier, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and Péter Magyar, leader of Hungary's election-winning Tisza party, discussed restoring operations on the Druzhba pipeline. Fico said he had called Magyar to clarify the Hungarian leadership's position on the pipeline's future.
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