Czech President Milos Zeman considers transgender people inherently disgusting, Reuters reported.

"If you undergo a sex-change operation you are basically committing a crime of self-harm," Zeman told CNN Prima. "Every surgery is a risk and these transgender people to me are disgusting."

He also touched on the Hungarian law restricting the distribution of materials to minors about homosexuality and gender reassignment, which has caused outrage in the EU.

According to Zeman, EU member states should not interfere in the affairs of Hungary.