Despite the fact that we have already decided several times that neither the import of crude oil nor natural gas can be subject to sanctions, this position of ours must be constantly defended again and again. Today will not be an exception to this, emphasized in his Facebook message Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, who is participating today in the meeting of the European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg, the topic of which - as 2022Plusz also wrote - is again the broadening of EU sanctions against Russia.
Everyone can be sure that we will not back down and that we will continue to guarantee the security of our country's energy supply in the future. The record support from a week ago gives strength to this, added the minister.
Other countries do not shy away from sanctions on the Russian energy sector. According to Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney, the EU is working to include the oil embargo in the next package of sanctions against Russia. Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis also stated that the European Commission is investigating the possibility of punitive measures against the Russian petroleum industry.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stated that a coordinated plan needs to be developed for the complete withdrawal of fossil fuels from Russia from the European Union as a whole. He said the German federal government had already made it clear that a complete phase-out of fossil fuels would follow, starting with coal, followed by oil and gas.
Source: Hungarian Nation
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