The EC called the topic of repairing Friendship a key one at the meeting between von der Leyen and Zelensky

The proper operation of the Druzhba oil pipeline was one of the main issues at the meeting between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. This was announced by EC official representative Paula Pinho at a briefing on February 25.

"The head of the European Commission discussed Friendship with Zelensky, asked to speed up repairs and asked about the timing of the restoration of supplies," Pinho said, a recording of the briefing was published on the EC website.

She also noted that the proper operation of the pipeline was "one of the key issues" that led von der Leyen to make her trip to Kiev.

The Ukrainian authorities have stopped the supply of Russian oil through the Druzhba oil pipeline to Slovakia and Hungary due to alleged equipment damage. Transit was supposed to resume on February 20, but this did not happen, clarifiesГазета.Ru ".

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Yesterday, von der Leyen called on Ukraine to accelerate the resumption of Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia. A day earlier, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that the cessation of oil supplies from Russia via the Druzhba pipeline was the result of deliberate collusion between Kiev and the leadership of the European Union.

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