“Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Péter Szijártó announced the possibility of blocking Ukraine’s accession to the European Union in response to the registration in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of draft law No. 12380, which provides for a ban on the transit of Russian oil and gas through the territory of Ukraine during martial law.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Péter Szijártó announced the possibility of blocking Ukraine’s accession to the European Union in response to the registration in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of draft law No. 12380, which provides for a ban on the transit of Russian oil and gas through the territory of Ukraine during martial law.
Source: Sijarto on the Facebook social network
Details: Sijarto reminded that decisions on accepting new members to the EU are made collectively and unanimously by all member states. He emphasized that each state has the sovereign right to choose the sources and routes of supply of energy carriers necessary for its functioning, and that external influence in this matter is unacceptable.
Direct speech: “Each country has the sovereign right to decide where and how it buys the energy carriers it needs to work. No one from the outside can influence this. No one has the right to impose more expensive, less safe energy sources on another country.
A country that concludes an association agreement with the EU or even wants to become a member of the EU is obliged to contribute to the energy security of the EU by providing transport routes. Therefore, the closure of gas or oil routes is unacceptable and contradicts the expectations associated with EU integration.”
Prehistory:
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine emphasized that Russia has always been the only cause of problems in the European energy market. For decades, the Kremlin has used energy as a weapon, blackmailing European governments and undermining energy security.
- The day before, Siyarto accused Ukraine of putting the European Union in a difficult economic situation by stopping the transit of Russian gas.
- After that, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, sharply criticized Kyiv for these actions and wrote a letter to the EU leaders expressing dissatisfaction with the actions of the Ukrainian side.
- A group of far-right Slovak deputies, led by vice-speaker and leader of the SNS nationalist party Andrei Danko, will go to Russia on January 10 to “develop a dialogue” after the visit of the country’s prime minister, Robert Fico.