00:00EU High Representative Kaya Kalas has sharply accused Hungary of breaching the bloc's principle of sincere cooperation
00:08after Budapest unexpectedly decided to veto a 90 billion euros loan to Ukraine over an unrelated energy dispute.
00:17It's really regrettable that the decision that all countries reached in the European Council,
00:23all the leaders, is now that there is now stepping back from this decision.
00:30It's not really in accordance with the sincere cooperation clause that we have in the treaties.
00:38The dispute relates to the Druzhba pipeline, which crosses Ukraine and brings Russian crude oil to Hungary and Slovakia,
00:45thanks to a sanctions exemption.
00:47The pipeline was severely damaged in January by a drone attack attributed to Russia.
00:52However, both Hungary and Slovakia have blamed Ukraine for the subsequent halt in deliveries.
00:58Hungary has also vetoed a new round of sanctions against Russia.
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