FILE PHOTO: Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen speaks with Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at the Czernin Palace, in Prague, Czech Republic, May 31, 2024. Peter David Josek/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Slovakia on Wednesday pushed back on pressure it is facing to cut back its purchases of Russian energy, saying it was ready to discuss the issue, but singled out some European states for increasing their gas purchases from Moscow.
Populist-led Slovakia and Hungary - both EU members - have sought to maintain political ties with Russia, which supplies the majority of their oil needs, and have argued that it would be too costly to wean themselves off Russian supplies after building their infrastructure around it.
