Hungary will veto the EU's proposal to ban imports of Russian oil, the country's international relations minister tells the BBC.
Zoltán Kovács says the proposal is "unacceptable" and would "ruin the Hungarian economy".
His comments throw the proposal into doubt as the plans must be approved by all 27 of the EU's member states.
Here's what Kovács told Stephen Sackur from BBC HARDtalk:
Stephen Sackur: Are you telling me when it comes to coherent, cooperative EU action, that you will exercise your veto. Is that what you’re going to do?
Zoltán Kovács: Shortly, yes. But at the end of the day you have to again remember how the European Union works. The proposal is coming from Brussels... that is the administrative, bureaucratic centre of the European Union - not from the member states.
They exactly know that what they are proposing is against Hungarian interests, is against the possibility that is feasible on the ground, and if we do that we are completely going to ruin the Hungarian economy.
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