Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said Hungary will not support Ukraine's EU accession, no matter what threats Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky makes.
Commenting on a speech made by Zelensky at an ambassadorial meeting the previous day, Minister Szijjártó told a press conference that the Ukrainian president maintained a "hostile attitude towards Hungary, the Hungarian nation and Hungarians living in Transcarpathia".
"Clearly, he treats Hungary and Hungarians as enemies," he said, adding, "they have been taking away and trampling on the rights of Transcarpathian Hungarians for many years."
"These legal regulations have resulted in a church being set on fire and a Hungarian being beaten to death for not wanting to go to war and participate in the senseless slaughter. In that respect, President Zelensky's threats only confirm that he views us as enemies," he added.
"I want to make it clear that no matter what threats President Zelensky makes, Hungary will not support Ukraine's EU accession. No matter what ... blackmail he uses or tries to make Brussels blackmail us, the votes of two million people in the Vote 2025 [public opinion survey] put the Hungarian government under an obligation," he said.
In response to an accusation that the Hungarian government was connected to a church fire in Paladj-Komarivtsi (Palágykomoróc), he said: "When Hungarian people accuse Hungarians of attacks against Hungarians ... it clearly shows that the Ukrainians have their people in Hungarian politics, and have people even among the so-called experts and analysts who get paid to spread the Ukrainian narrative.