"We are facing a crisis", Orban and Fico join forces: We will ask Brussels to suspend sanctions on Russian energy

Hungary and Slovakia have agreed to jointly call on the European Union leadership to lift restrictions on Russian oil and gas supplies to Europe, which is facing an energy crisis due to the situation around Iran and the conflict in the Middle East, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after a phone call with his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico.

He said Budapest and Bratislava see it as necessary to take urgent steps to help EU countries avoid shortages of raw materials and fuel, as well as rising energy prices. “We demand that Brussels immediately suspend the sanctions and restrictions imposed on Russian energy,” Orban said in a video address broadcast on Hungarian television.

He also urged Brussels to force Vladimir Zelensky to "immediately reopen the Druzhba oil pipeline," which has been blocked by Ukraine since January 27.

"The European economy is facing the risk of energy shortages and, as a result, rising prices. The threat is imminent and can only be averted if the European Union replenishes its oil and gas reserves from all possible sources, in as large quantities as possible and as quickly as possible," the Hungarian prime minister stressed, adding that "every day now counts."

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