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EU sees no threat to Hungary and Slovakia from Ukraine’s sanctions against Russian energy giant Lukoil.
The European Commission is continuing to investigate the situation concerning oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia following Ukraine’s halt of oil transit from Russian oil giant Lukoil. However, at this stage, no impact on oil supplies has been observed as a result of this decision, said European Commission spokesperson Balazs Ujvari at a briefing.
He noted that the relevant services of the European Commission had contacted the governments of all three countries to clarify the circumstances.
“From the information we have at our disposal and based on the internal analysis by the European Commission, it seems that the sanctions imposed by Ukraine against Lukoil do not affect the current transit of oil through the Druzhba pipeline, as Lukoil is not the official owner of this oil,” Ujvari said.
He added that the European Commission is still awaiting more detailed explanations from Budapest and Bratislava to confirm its findings.
“I can also confirm that the European Commission services have tentatively concluded that urgent consultations are not warranted at this stage, as there is no indication of an urgent risk to supply security.”