“We are waiting for the appearance of an exact draft of the sanctions package, we will carefully study it, then it will be possible to talk, but Hungary cannot support sanctions in the energy sector,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that sanctions against Russia made the inhabitants of Europe poorer, this “weapon” backfired.
He also said that the European Union needs to speak frankly with the United States on the impact of anti-Russian sanctions on the union's economy.