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State Secretary: Reports claiming Hungary would resist common EU position on Ukraine are fake news

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had said “Hungary shares the common EU position – high level and intensive talks are ongoing”.

State Secretary Zoltán Kovács said on Twitter on Tuesday that reports by British daily The Guardian and other news outlets claiming Hungary would resist efforts at a common EU position on Ukraine were fake news.

The state secretary added that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had said “Hungary shares the common EU position – high level and intensive talks are ongoing”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Twitter on Tuesday that phone conversations with partners continued. “Briefed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on the security situation in the region. We agreed to make joint efforts for a peaceful settlement,” he added.

Photo credit: Facebook/Kovács Zoltán