Rome, May 16, 2022 – The saga of petrolium. She renamed it that way Dymytro Kulebathe Ukrainian Foreign Minister who today took part in the Brussels meeting of the foreign ministers of the European Union. Kuleba did not mince words in addressing the subject of the sixth package of sanctions against Russiaa theme that Ukraine must go hand in hand with the Russian oil embargo in the EU. “I do not believe that the sixth package of sanctions can be adopted without the oil embargo – said Kuleba at the end of the meeting -. Ukraine is opposed to the adoption of the sixth package without an oil embargo. I believe it will be introduced. the question is when and what price the European Union will have to pay to make it happen “.
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister stressed that Ukraine understands why there is no Russian oil embargo, but that “we are not happy that this is not there”. “I have made it clear to my colleagues: it is clear who is causing the problem but we are wasting time. Every day Russia continues to make money and invest it in the war.”
“I very much appreciate the EU countries that have expressed their readiness to work on the seventh package of sanctions” against Russia “from the moment the sixth is approved. It is encouraging and a clear message of support for Ukraine”, he continued. Kuleba who pointed the finger at Hungary, the “only country” blocking the approval of the sixth package. “The EU – he continues – will have to find a way to address the concerns of this country. The only way to stop the war is to deprive” Russia of “revenues”.
Russian oil embargo: Hungary’s position
“If Hungary were to stop imports of Russian oil, a complete modernization of the Hungarian energy infrastructures would be necessary,” the cost of which ranges from “15 to 18 billion euros”. Thus spoke the Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, adding that “it is legitimate for the Hungarians to expect a proposal” from the European Commission to cushion the blow of a possible decision of a Russian oil embargo.