Hungary's Orban says EU plan to ban Russian energy imports must be prevented

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The European Union's plan to ban Russian energy imports must be prevented, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday in an interview on state radio.

The European Commission will next month propose legal measures to phase out the EU's imports of all Russian gas and liquefied natural gas by the end of 2027, the body said earlier in May. Member states Slovakia and Hungary, which rely on Russian oil and gas supplies, have opposed the proposed ban.

(Reporting by Krisztina Than and Anita Komuves; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)