Austria is ready to participate in the embargo of oil from Russia if the relevant decision is taken by the European Commission, the country’s Minister of Climate, Environment and Energy Leonore Gewessler said.

“So far there is no proposal from the European Commission, but Austria is ready to consistently participate in an oil embargo if the commission and the member states are ready to impose it.

According to her, Austria is prepared for this. Previously about 10% of Austria’s oil imports came from Russia, recently there has been active work to reduce this share and in March there was no purchase of Russian oil. But the situation in different EU countries is different, she noted.