Péter Szijjártó (R) and Radoslaw Sikorski (L)
A hostile dispute has broken out between the foreign ministers of Hungary and Poland, traditionally regarded as friendly nations, over the latest attack on the Friendship oil pipeline.
The oil pipeline, which is crucial for Hungary’s energy supply, was attacked by Ukraine early Friday morning, temporarily halting oil deliveries to Hungary. This was the third attack on the pipeline in less than ten days.
A heated debate broke out on X (formerly known as Twitter) between Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski. The head of Hungarian diplomacy first wrote on X that the attack on the Friendship pipeline was “a clear attack on our energy security and another attempt to drag us into the war.”
The Polish foreign minister responded to the post:
Péter, you have as much solidarity from us, as we have from you.”
The tweet exchange did not end there, as FM Szijjártó replied:
Believe me, I would never commit the mistake to think about you when it comes to solidarity.”
Sikorski did not leave this unanswered, responding with the following thoughts to his Hungarian colleague: “We both understand the diplomatic principle of reciprocity. By the way, it looks like the attack on the Russian oil pumping station was a Hungarian job. Bravo! For our freedom and yours!”
Peter, you have as much solidarity from us as we have from you.
— Radosław Sikorski (@sikorskiradek) August 22, 2025
Péter Szijjártó concluded the exchange by replying: “You are great when it comes to investigating explosions of pipelines. You almost made a good guess about Nord Stream 2 (-editor’s note) as well…”
You are great when it comes to investigating explosion of pipelines. You almost made a good guess about North Stream 2 as well….
— Péter Szijjártó (@FM_Szijjarto) August 23, 2025
The Hungarian minister was presumably referring to the arrest of a 49-year-old Ukrainian man by Italian authorities this week on suspicion of involvement in the attack on Nord Stream 2.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán himself spoke out on the matter yesterday.
“The Ukrainians blew up the Russian section of the Friendship oil pipeline, but there is a technical solution. Deliveries will resume in a week. We could not count on Brussels this time either,” wrote the prime minister in the Fight Club Facebook group, who also wrote a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump about the incident.
In his reply, Trump expressed his displeasure that the U.S.-funded leadership in Kyiv is jeopardizing Hungarian and Slovak energy supplies.
Fact
Hungary imports about 85 percent of its total oil consumption, which is about one-third of its total energy imports. Most of this comes from Russia via the Druzhba pipeline, with the rest coming from Croatia via the Janaf (Adria) pipeline. In addition, Hungary has strategic oil reserves sufficient for 90 days. According to the Energy Institute’s statistical yearbook, Hungary’s crude oil consumption last year amounted to 170,600 barrels per day, but consumption may be higher during the summer peak season. Based on data from the Hungarian Hydrocarbon Stockpiling Association, at the end of June, 628,300 tons of crude oil, 550,300 tons of diesel and 240,700 tons of gasoline were available. Abundant strategic reserves are therefore available. During the past three and a half years of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Druzhba oil pipeline has been attacked before, and this is not the first time that deliveries have been halted. As mentioned above, in previous cases, oil flow through the pipeline typically resumed within a day or two.
Via BBC, vg.hu; Featured photo: Facebook/Péter Szijjártó
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