A state budget spending freeze imposed late last month could stay in effect for 1-2 months to allow a deep spending review, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's political aide told website Partizan in an interview published late on Thursday.

When asked whether there could be a scenario under which the government would have to ask for financial help from the International Monetary Fund, political aide Balazs Orban said: "No," adding that Hungary had no liquidity problems. (Reporting by Krisztina Than Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)