The head of the Slovak government said that his country “does not intend to be a hostage in Ukrainian-Russian relations.”
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, in a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Denis Shmygal, criticized Kyiv’s decision to tighten sanctions against the Russian company Lukoil, whose oil used by Bratislava oil refiner Slovnaft. This was reported by the Slovak news agency TASR, citing interlocutors in the Fico government’s press service.
The head of the Slovak government considers that the restrictions on the part of the Ukrainian side are “nonsensical” and they allegedly cause damage not to the Russian Federation, but to some EU countries.
“Slovakia does not intend to be a hostage to Ukrainian-Russian relations, and the decision of the Ukrainian president means that the Slovak oil refinery Slovnaft, part of the Hungarian MOL group, will receive 40% less oil than necessary for processing,” Fico was furious.
The official hastened to make sure that this will affect not only the Slovak market, but “may lead to the cessation of supplies to Ukraine of oil produced by Slovnaft, which accounts for almost a tenth of all Ukrainian consumption.”
Fico spoke about it to the relevant members of the Cabinet and to the officials of the Hungarian MOL for several days.
Hungary and Slovakia are facing a fuel crisis
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Source: korrespondent
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