Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico is calling on the European Union to lift its sanctions against Russian energy imports as a way to address ongoing energy security challenges across the continent.
Speaking on Saturday after a phone conversation with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Fico argued that the EU should work to restart the flow of oil through the Druzhba pipeline and take action to end the conflict in Ukraine to combat the energy crisis.
“The EU and especially the (European Commission) should immediately resume dialogue with Russia and ensure such a political and legal environment that individual member states and the EU as a whole can replenish the missing gas and oil reserves and enable the supply of these strategic raw materials from all possible sources and directions, including Russia,” Fico stated in his official remarks.
The Slovak leader’s comments represent a push for renewed energy cooperation with Russia despite the ongoing war in Ukraine and existing EU sanctions policies.
