BERLIN. Jan 9 (Interfax) - Ukraine's decision to stop Russian gas and oil transit to the EU through its territory will hinder its European integration plans, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday.
"Closing gas and oil transit routes is unacceptable and contrary to expectations in the EU integration process," Szijjarto said on the Facebook social network (information resource of Meta Platforms Inc. branded extremist and banned in Russia).
A state that enters into an association agreement with the European Union or aspires to become an EU member is bound to contribute to European energy security, including by providing energy transit routes, he said.
A bill that bans Russian oil and gas transit during the conflict was registered on the Ukrainian parliament website on Wednesday, Szijjarto said.
He also said that the admission to the EU requires consent of all members without exception.
On January 1, Russia's Gazprom said it had stopped supplying gas for transit to Europe through Ukraine upon the expiration of the gas transit contract with Kiev. Gazprom said it was deprived of the technical and legal opportunity to supply gas for transit through the territory of Ukraine.