Slovakia Sides With Hungary Against Trump’s Russian Oil Phase-Out

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Slovakia Sides With Hungary Against Trump’s Russian Oil Phase-Out
Slovakia Sides With Hungary Against Trump’s Russian Oil Phase-Out

The receiver station of the Druzhba oil pipeline between Hungary and Russia, in Szazhalombatta, Hungary, on May 18, 2022. Bernadett Szabo/Reuters

Slovakia has pushed back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands to curb Russian oil imports, aligning itself with Hungary.

“We don’t have any other options which could be sustainable and also for the price to be reasonable,” Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar told Reuters during an interview on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 24.

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