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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Budapest, March 25 (Xinhua) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Wednesday that his government will gradually halt gas supplies to Ukraine. He linked this move to the ongoing blockage of crude oil supplies to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline.
In a video message published on social media ahead of the weekly cabinet meeting, Orban announced that Ukraine has been blocking the pipeline for approximately 30 days.
"Until Ukraine supplies oil, it will not receive gas from Hungary," the prime minister emphasized, adding that Ukraine had attacked infrastructure connected to Hungary's southern gas supply route.
According to V. Orbán, Hungary will store gas domestically and increase reserves to ensure its own energy security.
This move marks a further escalation in the weeks-long dispute over energy transit in the region. Oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, which carries Russian crude oil to Hungary and Slovakia via Ukraine, have been suspended since the end of January. Hungary has suspended exports of petroleum products such as diesel fuel and gasoline to Ukraine and vetoed the EU's proposed €90 billion (US$104.23 billion) financial support package for Kyiv.
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