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                                                                                         WORLD NEWS Tuesday 31 May 2022
            EU leaders, divided over Russia oil embargo, spy a solution



            By LORNE COOK and SAM-                                                                                              possible compromise of hit-
            UEL PETREQUIN                                                                                                       ting  sea-transported  Rus-
            Associated Press                                                                                                    sian oil is that countries like
            BRUSSELS (AP) — European                                                                                            Belgium, Germany and the
            Union  leaders  gathered                                                                                            Netherlands  that  are  most
            Monday in a new show of                                                                                             reliant  on  that  form  would
            solidarity  with  Ukraine,  but                                                                                     suffer  a  surge  in  oil  prices,
            divisions  over  whether  to                                                                                        distorting  competition  be-
            target Russian oil in a new                                                                                         cause  Hungary  would  still
            series of sanctions exposed                                                                                         be  purchasing  cheaper
            the limits of how far the bloc                                                                                      Russian oil.
            can go to help the war-torn                                                                                         Orban  said  “the  pipeline
            country.                                                                                                            solution  is  not  bad.  It’s  a
            Ukrainian President Volody-                                                                                         good  approach.  But  we
            myr  Zelenskyy  addressed                                                                                           need  the  guarantee  that
            the bloc’s 27 leaders by vid-                                                                                       in the case of an accident
            eo in a 10 minute-message                                                                                           with  the  pipeline  rushing
            and urged them to remain                                                                                            through  Ukraine,  we  have
            united and quickly adopt a                                                                                          to have the right to get Rus-
            new package of measures                                                                                             sian oil from other sources.”
            to  stop  the  Kremlin’s  “war                                                                                      German  Chancellor  Olaf
            machine,”  according  to  a                                                                                         Scholz  left  open  the  pos-
            senior EU diplomat.          Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives for the extraordinary meeting of EU leaders to discuss   sibility of an EU agreement
                                         Ukraine, energy and food security at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, May 30, 2022.
            Zelenskyy  has  repeatedly                                                                         Associated Press  being struck at the summit,
            demanded  that  the  EU                                                                                             calling  talks  on  the  matter
            target  Russia’s  lucrative  enskyy  reminded  leaders  A  meeting  of  ambassa-       in  Ukraine.  The  bloc  has  “good  and  constructive”
            energy  sector  and  de-     of  the  atrocities  going  on  dors just before the summit  targeted  more  than  1,000  and saying the bloc is de-
            prive Moscow of billions of  in his country, including the  spurred  some  hope  that  people,  including  Russian  termined to remain united.
            dollars  each  day  in  sup-  death of civilians and chil-  a  compromise  could  be  President  Vladimir  Putin  “Everything  that  I  hear
            ply  payments.  The  EU  gets  dren, telling them “it is cru-  reached.                and  top  government  offi-  makes it sound as if a con-
            about 40% of its natural gas  cial that sanctions are ad-  According  to  several  dip-  cials, as well as pro-Kremlin  sensus  could  be  reached
            and 25% of its oil from Rus-  opted as soon as possible.”  lomats,  leaders  will  try  to  oligarchs,  banks,  the  coal  and,  sooner  or  later,  it  will
            sia, and Ukraine says those  But  finding  an  agreement  reach a deal for an EU em-   sector and more.             be,” Scholz told reporters.
            energy imports are funding  on  an  EU  oil  embargo  has  bargo on Russian seaborne  A  sixth  package  of  sanc-  Von  der  Leyen  all  but
            Russia’s war on its neighbor.  so  far  proved  to  be  a  tall  oil  by  the  end  of  the  year  tions  against  Russia  was  ruled out the prospect of a
            But  Hungary  is  leading  a  order.                      that  would  cover  more  announced on May 4, but  breakthrough at this week’s
            group of EU countries along  Hungarian  Prime  Minister  than two-third of oil imports  the  holdup  over  oil  is  em-  summit,  saying  as  she  ar-
            with  Slovakia,  the  Czech  Viktor Orban was adamant  from Russia.                    barrassing  the  bloc,  which  rived “my expectations are
            Republic and Bulgaria  that  upon  his  arrival  in  Brussels  Orban  said  he  is  ready  to  has  been  forced  to  scale  low that it will be solved in
            rely  heavily  on  Russian  oil  that a deal was not in sight,  support  the  sixth  round  of  down  its  ambitions.  When  the next 48 hours.”
            and  can’t  afford  to  take  while  Czech  Prime  Minister  sanctions if Hungary’s secu-  European   Commission  Latvian  Prime  Minister  Kris-
            such  steps.  Hungary  gets  Petr  Fiala  suggested  that  rity of oil supplies is guaran-  President  Ursula  von  der  janis  Karins  urged  his  EU
            more than 60% of its oil from  delaying  oil  sanctions  on  teed.  Hungary  and  Slova-  Leyen proposed the pack-  counterparts  to  get  over
            Russia and 85% of its natural  Russia could be a solution.  kia  depend  on  Russian  oil  age,  the  initial  aim  was  to  their differences on oil, say-
            gas.                         “We’re ready to get rid of  that comes through the So-    phase out imports of crude  ing that member countries
            According to the diplomat,  our  dependence  on  Rus-     viet-era Druzhba pipeline.   oil within six months and re-  are “getting a little bogged
            who spoke on condition of  sia’s energy sources … but  The  EU  has  already  im-      fined  products  by  the  end  down  in  all  of  the  details
            anonymity because of the  we’re not able to do it in a  posed five rounds of sanc-     of the year.                 and  we’re  forgetting  the
            sensitivity  of  the  issue,  Zel-  short term,” Fiala said.  tions on Russia over its war  The  problem  with  the  new  big picture.”q

            Japan complains over Seoul marine survey in disputed waters



                                                                      By YURI KAGEYAMA             Matsuno  said  Tokyo  did  Korea after the official web-
                                                                      Associated Press             not  receive  any  prior  re-  site  for  the  Pyeongchang
                                                                      TOKYO  (AP)  —  Japan  quest  from  Seoul  for  such  Olympic Games referred to
                                                                      lodged  a  complaint  Mon-   research.                    the islands as Dokdo.
                                                                      day  over  a  South  Korean  “We  strongly  demand  this  Japan  and  South  Korea
                                                                      ship  that  was  conducting  stop immediately,” he said.  have  rich  cultural  ties,
                                                                      a  marine  survey  in  waters  He said the two sides held  but  relations  have  been
                                                                      near Japanese-claimed is-    talks about the incident but  marred  by  bitter  tensions
                                                                      lands controlled by Seoul.   both reiterated their previ-  over  historical  issues  such
                                                                      Government      spokesper-   ous claims to the territory.  as  Japan’s  colonization  of
                                                                      son  Hirokazu  Matsuno  said  In Seoul, South Korea’s For-  the  Korean  Peninsula  last
                                                                      it  was  “totally  unaccept-  eign  Ministry  said  it  can-  century and its actions dur-
                                                                      able” that a South Korean  not  accept  the  Japanese  ing World War II.
                                                                      research  ship  was  spotted  complaint. It called the sur-  Japan  also  has  a  dispute
                                                                      trailing  what  appeared  vey  a  legitimate  act  con-   over  Japanese-controlled
                                                                      to be a cable near the is-   ducted in line with domes-   islands  in  the  East  China
            Islands called Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese are   lands,  which  Japan  calls  tic and international law.  Sea  that  it  calls  Senkaku,
            observed during a Korean Air Airbus A380 demonstration flight   Takeshima  and  South  Ko-  In  2017,  Japan  lodged  a  which  China  also  claims
            on June 16, 2011.
                                                      Associated Press   rea calls Dokdo.          complaint  against  South  and calls Diaoyu.q
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