“I was ready to agree with the first five packages of EU sanctions, but from the very beginning I made it clear that there is a red line - this is energy,” TASS quoted him as saying on the air of the Kossuth radio station.
Earlier, Orban accused Brussels that the proposals of the European Commission on an oil embargo against Russia could undermine the unity of the European Union.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary Péter Szijjarto said that the Hungarian government cannot agree to impose a ban on the supply of Russian oil, as this will cause irreparable damage to the country's energy security.