Slovak PM says EU should drop sanctions on Russian oil and gas to boost energy security

WARSAW, April 4 (Reuters) – The European Union should end sanctions on Russian oil and gas imports, take steps to restore Druzhba oil flows and end the war in Ukraine to fight against the energy crisis stemming from the war in Iran, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday.

“The EU and especially the (European Commission) should immediately resume dialogue with Russia and ensure such a political and legal environment that individual member states and the EU as a whole can replenish the missing gas and oil reserves and enable the supply of these strategic raw materials from all possible sources and directions, including Russia,” Fico said in a statement after a call with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

(Reporting Jason Hovet; Writing by Karol Badohal;Editing by Alison Williams)