Hungary cannot support a proposed European Union embargo on crude oil imports from Russia as that would destroy its energy security, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said, writes Reuters.

“The Brussels package of sanctions would ban oil shipments from Russia to Europe, with a rather short notice, in case of Hungary the end of next year”, - Szijjarto said in a Facebook video, adding that Hungary cannot support the measures in their current form.

Hungary could only agree to these measures if crude oil imports from Russia via pipeline were exempted from the sanctions, the minister said.