Hungary does not support visa sanctions against Russians and does not plan to introduce restrictions or complicate the procedure for issuing visas to Russian citizens. This is stated in the publication of Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Facebook..

Szijjarto held talks with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu.

“It was a long discussion, and we basically agreed: the war in Ukraine must end as quickly as possible.. I told him that we, as a neighboring country, are particularly interested in achieving peace as soon as possible.. But whether the sanctions contribute to this, our assessments differed, ”wrote the Hungarian Foreign Minister.

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According to him, it is now physically impossible to provide Hungary with oil and gas without Russian energy carriers, therefore, Szijjarto stressed, his country "

“Energy sanctions harm Europe more than Russia, so their strengthening is completely contrary to common sense,” he said..

In addition, Szijjarto discussed with the Estonian Foreign Minister a proposal to limit the issuance of European visas to Russians..

“We also talked about a proposal to tighten the practice of issuing European visas to Russian citizens. Here we support the position of the German Chancellor and do not plan to introduce any tightening or restrictions,” the Hungarian Foreign Minister wrote..

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Recall that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is skeptical about the introduction of a general ban on the entry of Russians into Europe..

The European Commission believes that EU member states should make decisions on issuing visas to Russian citizens on an individual basis for each individual application, taking into account “political aspects”. This was stated by the official representative of the European Commission for home affairs, migration and security Anita Hipper.

She also recalled that an informal discussion will be held in Prague on August 30-31 with the participation of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the EU member states and the EU High Representative, at which they plan to consider the issue of visa policy for citizens of the Russian Federation..