Hungarian Prime Minister: Europe decides Ukraine conflict continues
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Europe has decided that Ukraine should continue its conflict with Russia.
According to RIA Novosti on June 3, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that in Brussels it was decided that Ukraine should continue the conflict.
“The situation is clear: unfortunately, despite the efforts of US President Donald Trump, we are not leaving the war, but entering it. Brussels officials do not support the US peace plans. They decided that Ukraine should continue the war,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a video message posted on his Facebook page.
However, Hungary supports US efforts to establish peace. According to Prime Minister Orban, Budapest needs to prepare for the fact that “European leaders, who are interested in continuing the war, will do everything to drag Hungary into a pro-war European coalition".
Prime Minister Orban also called for preparations for the fact that special EU moves against Hungary and foreign-funded slander campaigns will gain momentum.
Earlier, Mr. Orban said that the European Union should realize the need to join the US approach to resolving the conflict in Ukraine, there is no reason to follow different paths.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto called on European politicians not to block a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine.
On June 2, after the second round of peace talks lasting 1 hour at Chiragan Palace (Istanbul, Türkiye), Foreign Minister Szijjarto had a phone call with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
"I have confirmed our position that Hungary stands for peace, that we are interested in a ceasefire and peace talks. Therefore, I thank Sergei Lavrov for initiating the continuation of the Russian-Ukrainian peace talks in Istanbul. I also thank him for the fact that these peace talks took place, despite the fact that after the military actions of the past weekend, many people from outside and inside tried to convince the Russian government and the Russian leadership not to hold these second talks in Istanbul," the Hungarian Foreign Minister said.