The Czech Republic will support Slovakia’s request to extend the EU’s special permit for the import of Russian petroleum products, otherwise fuel prices in the country will rise sharply, writes the Czech newspaper Lidové noviny.
“If Slovakia has already applied for an extension of the exemption from the (oil) embargo or is just about to apply, the Czech Republic will support it,” the Deputy Minister of Industry of the Czech Republic told the publication. Rene Sunday.
Journalists noted that if restrictions are introduced, fuel prices will rise significantly. Czech gas stations will face supply difficulties, and suppliers will have to look for other sources of imports.
The newspaper noted that Russia now accounts for 60 percent of all oil supplies to the Czech Republic. The article states that the Czechs will also lose large supplies of fuel from the Slovak company Slovnaft, because current EU sanctions prohibit the import of fuel produced in third countries from Russian raw materials.
Russia has repeatedly stated that the country will cope with sanctions pressure. President of Russia Vladimir Putin previously noted that the policy of containment and weakening of the state is a long-term strategy of the West, and restrictive measures dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the United States and its allies is to worsen the lives of millions of people.
2023-11-25 03:15:00
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