Russia will resume pumping oil to Hungary via Druzhba pipeline on Aug 28, but at lower volumes for now - Szijjarto

MOSCOW. Aug 27 (Interfax) - Pumping of Russian oil to Hungary via the Druzhba oil pipeline will be resumed on August 28, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

"Russian Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin informed me that after intensive work a temporary solution was found, so oil deliveries to Hungary can resume tomorrow in test mode at lower volumes," Szijjarto wrote on the social network.

He said that Hungary has enough commercial oil reserves, so the country will not need to take oil from its strategic reserves.

Szijjarto again urged the Ukrainian authorities to stop attacks on the oil pipeline, as this threatens the energy security of various countries.

As reported, on August 22, the Druzhba oil pipeline, which supplies oil to Hungary and Slovakia, was damaged in a section near the Russian-Belarusian border in a night strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In this regard, the supply of raw materials from Russia to these European countries has stopped. It was reported that it would take at least three days to resume the supply.

The Hungarian and Slovak foreign ministers have sent a letter to the European Commission urging them to guarantee the security of supplies.