Orban calls for 'reasonable' EU sanctions policy

Hungary wants the European Union to make changes to its sanctions policy so that it is built on more "reasonable foundations", Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Belgrade on Friday. Orban spoke after meeting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and accepting the Order of Merit of the Republic of Serbia in recognition of his services in developing cooperation and friendly relations between Serbia and Hungary. "These sanctions are causing us very serious harm ... they're hurting us, they cost a lot of money, and there is a threat that they will erode a large part our achievements of the last ten years," the prime minister said. Orban said he would always argue against sanctions that hurt central Europe more than the country they are targeting.