Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said NATO is in a state of war psychosis, which poses a serious risk of conflict escalation.
“The situation on the battlefield clearly shows that the number of casualties and destruction will dramatically increase without a rapid diplomatic settlement,” Minister Szijjártó said after a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council in Brussels. “Operations on the battlefield are clearly intensifying, with ever more serious consequences; all efforts should now focus on establishing peace in order to save lives and prevent further destruction,” he said. It was “bad news”, he added, that his position was “in the minority within NATO”. He quoted a participant in the meeting as saying that “the goal is not to achieve peace but to win the war.” “NATO is more or less characterised by that kind of war psychosis … most spoke today about how to increase weapons shipments to Ukraine,” he added. Minister Szijjártó said putting together such shipments was becoming more and more problematic, partly because many NATO member states “have already contributed nearly all the ammunitions in their reserves.” Hungary opposes boosting NATO’s coordination role in sending arms to Ukraine and training Ukrainian soldiers, he said.