US EditionOrbán Says Iran War Will "Double" the Importance of the Friendship Oil Pipeline
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, after the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, said that the supply of Russian oil through the Druzhba oil pipeline has become even more of a priority for him.
"It's a political matter, it smells like blackmail," says Orbán about why oil is not arriving through the pipeline.
Viktor Orbán spoke to Blikk about the Iran war after the DPK rally in Esztergom. After the reporter asked him how much the war would affect Hungary, he said in two ways. "Iran supplies a large amount of oil to the world. If there is a war, it will not supply. The other is that Iran controls a very important sea passage. Whether it will be able to control it or block it after the war or during the war, we do not know." In his opinion, this means …
According to the Prime Minister, it would now be even more important for cheap Russian oil to arrive again through the Friendship oil pipeline.
The Prime Minister again called on President Zelensky to restart the transport.
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