Hungary and Slovakia are building a new gasoline and diesel pipeline to directly connect the oil refineries in Bratislava and Százhalombatta. Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the project aims to curb the Ukrainian government’s potential for blackmail.
The minister announced at a press conference following the European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting that he had signed an important agreement with Slovak Minister of Economy Denisa Saková earlier that day. Under the agreement, the two countries will build a new gasoline and diesel pipeline to connect the oil refineries in Bratislava and Százhalombatta.
“This will be a 127-kilometer-long pipeline.
This pipeline will be able to transport 1.5 million tons of petroleum products, diesel, and gasoline.
It will represent further added value for Hungary’s energy supply and diesel supply, and it will be able to protect against the effects of the wars taking place around the world and the misguided policies of Brussels,” he said.
Hungary is building a new diesel and gasoline pipeline with Slovakia to directly connect our refineries in Bratislava and Százhalombatta.
We signed the agreement today with Economy Minister Denisa Saková on the 127-kilometer pipeline, which will transport up to 1.5 million… pic.twitter.com/OEQV0M34td
— Péter Szijjártó (@FM_Szijjarto) March 16, 2026
“This pipeline will be ready in the first half of next year. And by connecting the oil refineries in Bratislava and Százhalombatta, with the possibility of direct diesel and gasoline transport between the two, it will make both Hungary and Slovakia much more secure against blackmail such as what we are currently experiencing from the Ukrainians, with the support of Berlin and Brussels,” he added.
Via MTI, Featured image: Pixabay
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