“I think the fact that the EC has declared that it is unwilling to help with regard to Hungary and Slovakia’s secure energy supply supports the assumption that Brussels instructed Kyiv to create a problem for the energy supply of Hungary and Slovakia,” Szijjártó said at an event in Tihany, on Lake Balaton, after the EC said it would not mediate for Budapest and Bratislava. “Even though Brussels’ self-destructive policies have substantially weakened the European Union in recent years, it should not be so weak that it cannot protect the interests of two member states from the lark of a candidate country,” he added. Szijjártó said a solution for ensuring deliveries of Russian crude to Hungary and Slovakia was “very close” and an announcement would be made when the negotiations finished and the papers were signed. He added that the EC’s failure to act on the matter was “shameful” and showed the EU executive’s “true colours”.