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Orban says new EU sanctions against Russia would harm Hungary more -report

FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks as he and Hungarian President Janos Ader give a statement to the media after their talks at the Presidential Palace in Budapest, Hungary, April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

The European Union's new sanctions package against Russia, including an embargo on crude oil imports, would cause more harm to Hungary than Russia, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, news website index.hu reported on Thursday.

In a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Orban said the EU's latest sanctions package risked undermining the bloc's unity and its approval would be a historic failure.

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