Robert Fico, the Slovak Prime Minister, held a press conference and video message on March 2 in Bratislava discussing the Friendship oil pipeline issue and the roles of the EU and Ukraine. He expressed dissatisfaction with the EU prioritizing Ukraine's national interests over those of Slovakia and Hungary, highlighting the economic losses due to halted gas transit. Fico proposed a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen to discuss the resumption of oil transport and emphasized that the issue is a European-Ukrainian matter, not just a Slovak-Ukrainian or Hungarian-Ukrainian problem. Teljes cikk (Világgazdaság)