Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Bratislava on Monday that the capacity of the interconnector between the gas networks of Hungary and Slovakia will be increased by another 900 million cubic metres.

At a joint press conference with Slovak counterpart Robert Fico, PM Orbán said it was "regrettable" that Ukraine was blocking natural gas transit across its territory.

"We don’t think this is the path of the future," PM Orbán said. "It’ll be very difficult for Ukraine to establish closer ties with Europe like this; they should show much more understanding towards our countries and should also take our economic interests into consideration."

Noting that the capacity of the gas interconnector between Hungary and Slovakia has already been raised once to 3.5 billion cubic metres, PM Orbán said he and Fico have agreed to increase it by another 900 million cubic metres.

PM Orbán said he and Fico were also in agreement that since both Hungary and Slovakia are landlocked countries, they should insist on being exempt from the sanctions on crude oil imports.