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The Druzhba oil pipeline is technically ready for operation, but oil is not flowing from Russia to Hungary solely as a result of a political decision by the Ukrainian leadership, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stated on Radio Kossuth's Sunday program.
Commenting on reports of the suspension of oil supplies to Slovakia and Hungary through Ukrainian territory, he noted that the Druzhba pipeline was not damaged as a result of the recent attacks and this does not hinder supplies.
"The damage to the infrastructure around the pipeline does not hinder its operation. Technically, it is ready to resume supplies. Therefore, there is only a political reason for hindering its operation ," the Foreign Minister noted.
Earlier, Szijjarto accused Vladimir Zelensky of ordering the blocking of oil supplies to Hungary from Russia via the Druzhba pipeline to create difficulties for the country's government ahead of parliamentary elections.
On February 13, several sources in the oil industry told TASS that Ukrtransnafta, which provides oil transit through Ukrainian territory, is technically ready to resume oil transportation via the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary and Slovakia, but the company's management is not giving permission to resume deliveries.
According to sources, the Ukrainian company completed the liquidation of the emergency situation at the Brody linear production and control station in Ukraine on February 6, oil pumping has not yet resumed.
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