Reuters: EU envoys fail to agree on embargo on Russian oil imports

The permanent representatives of the EU countries have failed to reach an agreement on an embargo on the import of Russian oil, Report informs referring to Reuters.

Negotiations will continue on May 5.

During the discussion, some of the countries - members of the community, in particular Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, expressed concern about the proposed measures to phase out oil from Russia. Thus, the first discussion of the oil embargo ended in the absence of a consensus between the parties.

At the same time, an agreement could be reached at the next meeting of EU permanent representatives, scheduled for May 5.