Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced the blocking of payments from the European Peace Fund in the amount of 6.5 billion euros, which were intended to compensate for weapons supplies to Ukraine.
The reason for this decision was the issue of oil transit from the Russian company Lukoil through Hungary.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said this in an interview with ATV.
The head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry was outraged by the difficulties in the transit of Russian oil through Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia, whose energy supplies "were threatened by the actions of the Ukrainians.".
"I also made it clear that until Ukraine resolves this issue, everyone should forget about paying 6.5 billion euros in compensation for the transfer of weapons from the European Peace Fund, because what would it look like if we facilitated the payment of 6.5 billion euros while Ukraine threatens the security of our energy supply," he added.
Szijjártó believes that the European Commission “should put pressure on Ukraine” to allow Lukoil to resume oil supplies through Ukrainian territory.
