Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban and his Slovak counterpart Robert Fitso said they would not leave Russian oil, rejecting the pressures of the EU and the US and stressing that the energy mix of each country is a dominant decision.
“No one should tell us where we will get our gas and oil,” Fitso said in a small crowd at Hungary’s Estegom, adding that “under international law, it is a country’s dominant right to decide on its own energy mix.”
Fitso supported Orban’s position, describing the European Union’s ambition to interrupt Russia’s energy dependence on a “political and ideological decision” that would not only affect Slovakia and Hungary, but would harm the whole of Europe.
The two leaders argued that the abandonment of supplies through the Druzba pipeline would be economically and technically impossible, as their inland position restricts the possibilities of reducing their dependence on Russian energy. This contradicts them with the EU and the US, which are considering stricter measures against the remaining Russian argon exports.
Orban and Slovak President Peter Peter Pelegrini discussed the issue last week with Donald Trump, with Fitso describing the meeting as constructive.
Source :Skai
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