He noted that sanctions are adopted for a limited period of time and are not automatically renewed.

According to him, the new anti-Russian sanctions have been in place for eight to ten months.

“Therefore, it is time to talk in Brussels about which sanctions make sense and which do not.

And it is obvious to everyone that by keeping them, we are just shooting ourselves in the foot,” he said.

Orban added that Budapest calls for discussion of this issue.

Earlier, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that Hungary has always maintained pragmatic relations with Russia, political contacts with Moscow must be maintained.