LONDON, Rabi'II 25, 1437, February 04, 2016, SPA -- Countries on the European Union's eastern flank will meet next week and provide a joint response on Feb. 15 to proposals to keep Britain in the EU bloc, Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday, according to Reuters. In an interview with Reuters, he also said that if Britain was allowed to apply restrictions on benefits to EU nationals, it would raise "serious questions" about other large EU members replicating the move. Szijjarto also said that a collapse of the passport-free Schengen travel zone arrangement would be highly problematic for the region and that it was in everyone's interest to keep it "alive". --SPA 22:09 LOCAL TIME 19:09 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w