Hungary Urges EU to Find Solution on Ukraine Lukoil Transit

  • Hungary eyes dispute-settlement mechanism if EU talks fail
  • Ukraine rejects idea that transit halt risks energy security

Lukoil PJSC branded fuel barrels at the Port of Constanta, Romania.

Photographer: Andrei Pungovschi/Bloomberg
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Hungary called on the European Union to broker a solution with Ukraine after Kyiv decided to bar the transit of crude from a major Russian oil supplier.

The European Commission has convened a so-called trade committee meeting for Wednesday to discuss the standoff, which Hungary and Slovakia argue threatens their energy security.