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EU insists Russia oil embargo will go ahead

A worker inspects equipment at a receiving station on the Druzhba pipeline that carries petroleum from Russia to Hungary at an MOL Company refinery in Szazhalombatta, 30 kilometres south of Budapest. (AFP Photo)

BRUSSELS: The European Union still aims to agree on a phased embargo on Russia oil this month despite concerns about supply in eastern Europe, four diplomats and officials said on Friday, rejecting suggestions of a delay or watering down of proposals.

Dependence on Russian oil in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia poses the biggest obstacle to an embargo deal that the European Commission proposed in early May in response to Russia’s Feb 24 invasion of Ukraine.

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