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Slovakia, Hungary won’t back EU sanctions on Russian energy

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, right, speaks with the European Council President Charles Michel during a ceremony at the port of Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Top European Union official Charles Michel is joining the leaders of four Balkan countries on a tour of liquefied natural gas facilities being built in northern Greece to challenge Russia's energy dominance in the region. (Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office via AP) North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski speaks during a ceremony at the port of Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Top European Union official Charles Michel is joining the leaders of four Balkan countries on a tour of liquefied natural gas facilities being built in northern Greece to challenge Russia's energy dominance in the region. (Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office via AP) Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a ceremony at the port of Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Top European Union official Charles Michel is joining the leaders of four Balkan countries on a tour of liquefied natural gas facilities being built in northern Greece to challenge Russia's energy dominance in the region. (Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office via AP) Bulgaria's Prime Minister Kiril Petkov speaks during a ceremony at the port of Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Top European Union official Charles Michel is joining the leaders of four Balkan countries on a tour of liquefied natural gas facilities being built in northern Greece to challenge Russia's energy dominance in the region. (Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office via AP) Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during a ceremony at the port of Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Top European Union official Charles Michel is joining the leaders of four Balkan countries on a tour of liquefied natural gas facilities being built in northern Greece to challenge Russia's energy dominance in the region. (Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office via AP) European Council President Charles Michel speaks during a ceremony at the port of Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Top European Union official Charles Michel is joining the leaders of four Balkan countries on a tour of liquefied natural gas facilities being built in northern Greece to challenge Russia's energy dominance in the region. (Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office via AP) North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski, second right, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, third right, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, fourth right, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, center, and European Council President Charles Michel, fourth left, pose with other officials during a ceremony at the port of Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Top European Union official Charles Michel is joining the leaders of four Balkan countries on a tour of liquefied natural gas facilities being built in northern Greece to challenge Russia's energy dominance in the region. (Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office via AP) FILE - Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto attends a press conference after talks with his Serbian counterpart Nikola Selakovic, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. Slovakia and Hungary said Tuesday, May 3, 2022 that they will not support sanctions against Russian energy that the European Union is preparing over the war in Ukraine, saying they are too reliant on those supplies and there are not immediate alternatives. Szijjarto said the country will not vote for any sanctions "that will make the transport of natural gas or oil from Russia to Hungary impossible." .(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)