On December 21, local time, Russian Business Consulting** (RBC) reported that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, citing the Hungarian National newspaper (Magyar Nemzet).He does not want Hungary to border Russia
Victor Orban Source: Reuters.
Answering the question of how to view the borders of neighboring Ukraine, Orban responded: "Hungary has no vision for the [future] of other countries, Hungary is only focused on itself, and there is only one idea when it looks abroad: the most important thing is that Russia does not border Hungary".
Location map of Hungary Source: Google Maps.
Orban said there should be a truce in Ukraine before a peace agreement is signed. "If Europe does not start negotiating, then the big powers outside Europe, the Russians and the Americans, will bypass Europe when they come to an agreement. This danger has existed since World War II. For Europeans it is a bloody reality".
According to Orban, Budapest is interested in ensuring that there is always a territory between Russia and Hungary that is controlled by other countries.
On March 29, 2022, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Turkey Source: Turkey** Province.
On November 10, Orban said in an interview with Radio Kossuth that in 2022, there was a draft peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine during negotiations in Istanbul, Turkey, but then Ukraine, as instructed by the United States, refused to sign an agreement with Russia.
On October 17, after a meeting between Orban and Russia** Vladimir Putin in Beijing, he said that he no longer had hope for a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
In response, Putin emphasized the point of view previously expressed, "If the Ukrainian side really wants to start the negotiation process, then what it needs to do first is not to make a gesture, but to cancel the decree signed by Ukraine prohibiting negotiations."
Because Hungary, a member of the European Union, has always blocked the EU from providing military assistance to Ukraine, and also opposes Ukraine's accession to the EU.
Kaya Callas.
For this reason, Orban has been repeatedly verbally attacked by other member states, such as after his talks with Putin, on October 18, Estonian Prime Minister Kallas called Orban and Putin's handshake very unpleasant, questioning how Orban could shake hands with criminals who launched a war of aggression, especially his homeland is Hungary, where the October events took place.
On 25 October, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security, Josep Borrell, said at the "Europe and the World" conference that Hungary does not need to remain in the EU if it considers its obligations to the EU to be an occupation.
Josep Borrell.
On October 18, Putin expressed solidarity with Orban at a press conference, saying that "he is not attacked because he stands differently from other European leaders, but because he has the courage to defend the interests of his own people." Many politicians in Europe today do not have such courage, so they are jealous of him and attack him for it". (Compiled by Vincennes on December 23, 2023).
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