According to Reuters, Russia Today (RT) and other media reports, Hungarian Foreign Minister Seyardo said at the "Russian Energy Week" forum in Moscow on 15 local time that Hungary's energy security depends on existing supply channels and long-term contracts with Russian companies, without Russian oil and gas, Hungary cannot meet its own energy needs, nor does it intend to give up these supplies.

Seyardo said the EU had asked Hungary to reject Russian energy to "import diversification", but he denounced the argument as "absurd" and "totally unlogical" and questioned how abandoning one energy source could be called diversification.

Seyardo warned that Hungary "will not be able to secure the necessary fuel supply" if the Russian gas supply is cut, as well as Russian crude oil transported through the Southern line of the "Friendship" pipeline.

RT mentioned that Sirto also praised the cooperation between Hungarian and Russian energy companies and the performance of Russian companies."So, why suddenly cut off this relationship?" He added that Hungary's energy supply remained secure precisely because of its partnership with Russia.

On September 26, local time, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban said in an interview in Budapest that according to data from the International Monetary Fund, without Russian natural gas and oil, the Hungarian economy would lose 4%, and hundreds of thousands of households would go bankrupt. Orban said that as an inland country, Hungary has no coastline, energy can not be reached by shipping, only through pipeline transportation. In talking about the ordinary phone call with the President of the United States, Orban said that the United States and Hungary are sovereign nations, and that both parties do not need to accept the views of each other.