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By bne IntelliNews Hungary will block disbursement of European Peace Facility (EPF) for Ukraine until Kyiv allows the transit of oil from Russia’s Lukoil through the Friendship (Druzhba) pipeline, the Hungarian foreign minister said on July 23. ‘As long as this issue is not resolved by Ukraine, everyone should forget about the payment of the €6.5bn of the European Peace Facility compensation for arms, transfers,’ Peter Szijjarto told broadcaster ATV. But Hungary has been blocking the disbursement of the next tranche of EPF money for more than a year, citing various issues, such discrimination …

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