Hungary does not support the introduction of visa restrictions for Russians or complicate the procedure for issuing visas.
This was written on Facebook by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Peter Szijarto, after a meeting with his Estonian colleague, Urmas Reinsalu.
"They also talked about a proposal that would strengthen the practice of issuing European visas to citizens of Russia.
He also said that he discussed with Reinsal the new package of sanctions that the Estonian government is initiating, and Budapest against their strengthening.
"I told him that, as a neighboring country, we are particularly interested in establishing peace as soon as possible. However, our assessments differed on whether sanctions contribute to this. sanctions," the minister wrote.
Serhii reiterated that it is currently physically impossible to provide Hungary with oil and natural gas without Russian energy sources.
"And we will not help the Hungarian people to pay the price of the war. Energy sanctions are more harmful to Europe than to Russia, so their strengthening will be completely contrary to common sense," he said.
Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal stated that they oppose the ban on entry of Russian tourists to the European Union.
In addition to Portugal, Germany, Greece and Cyprus have already spoken against the ban on issuing tourist visas to all Russians.
During the meeting on August 31, the ministers of foreign affairs of the European Union will discuss visa restrictions for Russians against the background of the war in Ukraine.
