The head of the EC doubted the agreement on the oil embargo in 48 hours

All points of the sixth package of EU sanctions against RUSSIA have been agreed, except for the oil embargo, this issue is unlikely to be resolved in the next 48 hours,said the HEAD of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen Ursula von der Leyen

The European Union has agreed on all points of the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, except for an embargo on oil supplies via pipelines, a decision on this issue is unlikely to be reached at an extraordinary summit of the European Commission, said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, arriving at the meeting. The broadcast is available on the EU website.

“We have actually resolved all issues, except for the supply of crude oil through the pipeline, discussions are ongoing here. I do not expect that we will make a decision in the next 48 hours, but [we will come to this] after,” she said.

At the same time, the Prime Minister of Hungary, which opposes the ban on Russian oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline, Viktor Orban, said that Budapest's position is that first a solution must be found for energy security, and only then sanctions should be imposed . “First we need solutions, and then sanctions,” he said, arriving at the summit (quoted by REUTERS).

The day before, Reuters learned that the new package of EU sanctions provides for the refusal of Russian oil supplies by sea until the end of the year, while making an exception for fuel imports via pipelines. Nevertheless, the EU authorities could not reach a compromise on this issue: according to the source of the agency, it was Budapest that refused to support such a decision.

The Druzhba oil pipeline was built in the 1960s. It runs from Samara to Mozyr (Gomel region of Belarus), after which it is divided into two branches: northern and southern. The first goes through the territory of Belarus, Poland, Germany, Latvia and Lithuania, the second - through the territory of Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Croatia. The total length of the pipelines is 8900 km.

Reuters learned that the EU failed to agree on an oil embargo Politics

The European Union has been preparing the sixth package of sanctions against Russia since May. Previously, it was supposed to include a complete ban on the supply of Russian oil to Europe. New sanctions must be agreed upon by all member countries of the union, but the oil embargo was opposed, in particular, by Slovakia and Hungary. The latter blocked consideration of the issue of banning oil supplies from Russia during the May 8 vote.

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Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that Budapest would like the ban not to apply to the import of crude oil through pipelines. The Hungarian Foreign Ministry pointed out that 85% of all gas consumed in Hungary and 65% of oil are supplied from Russia, which "cannot be replaced overnight." Orban stressed that Brussels had crossed a red line with the embargo proposal, and it would take years to rebuild the country's energy sector.

The Kremlin warned that a possible EU withdrawal from Russian oil would "hit everyone." Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak predicted an increase in world oil prices to $300 per barrel in the event of a ban. If that happens, Russia will expand sea shipments, despite the fact that the country has already begun to redirect flows from west to east, to Asian markets, he noted.

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