UNITED NATIONS, JULY 17 :  Budapest urges the European Union to reopen channels of communication with Russia while maintaining contact with Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has told RIA Novosti.

“A strategy being built on giving back the legitimacy for diplomatic channels, giving back the hope for peace by reopening the channels of communication and while maintaining a high level of contact with Ukraine to reopen the channels of communication with Russia,” the Hungarian official said, speaking about the necessary approach to the interaction between Brussels and Moscow.(UNI)