Hungary opposes 12th package of sanctions against Russia

Hungary will not approve the adoption of the European Union's (EU) 12th package of anti-Russian sanctions if it includes the gas, oil and nuclear sectors of the Russian industry.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó made the statement adding that the sanctions policy against Russia "simply does not work", Kommersant reports.

According to him, the sanctions "may hit Russia and may harm Russia, but they definitely do a lot of damage to the European economy." Szijjártó said Hungary as a whole "does not see the point of continuing sanctions policy." "The red line for us obviously concerns energy, gas, oil, nuclear energy and any other aspects that can harm our state economy," he said.