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Hungarian minister falsely claimed delegation visit to Druzhba pipeline had been coordinated with Ukraine – document

A Ukrainian Foreign Ministry note shows Kyiv rejected Hungary's proposed format and dates for a visit by its delegation to the Druzhba oil pipeline.

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Hungarian minister falsely claimed delegation visit to Druzhba pipeline had been coordinated with Ukraine – document

The Druzhba oil pipeline. Stock photo: Getty Images

Hungary has not coordinated a visit by its delegation to the Druzhba oil pipeline with Ukraine and Kyiv has sent Budapest an official objection to the proposed format.

Source: a note from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry responding to a message from Budapest about the visit, obtained by European Pravda editorial team

Quote from the Ministry's reply to the Hungarian side dated 10 March: "The dates for the visit proposed in the above-mentioned note from the embassy are not acceptable for the Ukrainian side. We propose that the Hungarian side coordinate new dates for the visit of the Hungarian delegation, headed by Mr Gabor Czepek, Deputy Minister and State Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs in Hungary's Ministry of Energy, through diplomatic channels."

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Background:

  • Earlier, a Hungarian delegation led by Czepek announced plans to visit Ukraine to hold talks on resuming the operation of the Druzhba oil pipeline and to inspect its condition.
  • The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stated that a Hungarian "monitoring group" had entered Ukraine on the morning of 11 March, but it has no official status and no official meetings are scheduled. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented that he was not aware of what the Hungarian delegation was doing in Ukraine.
  • Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó then accused Zelenskyy of lying and posted a Hungarian diplomatic note, which also suggested that Budapest had requested a meeting between Czepek and his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal.
  • Zelenskyy's adviser Dmytro Lytvyn responded by saying that "official visits are based on agreement, not simply by notes thrown around".

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