It's not easy for Slovakia to stop buying Russian oil, either technologically, or in terms of capacity. President Peter Pellegrini said that during his meeting with US President Donald Trump in the USA last week. Pellegrini reacted in this way to Trump's warning that Slovakia should address the issue of Russian oil purchase.
According to him, Slovakia is trying to diversify these sources, but it cannot be done overnight and without help from the technical and logistic viewpoints. Pellegrini also doesn't view it as prudent and tactical for Slovakia to switch from dependence on one supplier to dependence on another. "If something is going to happen in the coming years, it's called diversification, meaning that Slovakia must have three, four, five different sources of gas and energy supplies, and not be dependent on Russia and then on the United States," stressed Pellegrini.
The president described his conversation with Trump as positive, without any aggressive or negative emotions.
Source: TASR
