Speaking after the first day of the NATO summit in Madrid, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó stressed the need for a brokered peace deal between Ukraine and Russia, and warned NATO...
Viktor Orbán pledged to fulfill his electoral promises to the Hungarian people in a video published ahead of the NATO summit in Madrid.
The defense minister said every effort must be made to prevent the conflict from spreading beyond the borders of Ukraine.
Péter Szijjártó said that as a neighboring country to Ukraine, what mattered most to Hungary was that the conflict did not spread beyond Ukraine’s borders.
Minister Szijjártó noted that the NATO meeting of foreign ministers was the first attended by the alliance’s Asia-Pacific partners.
Péter Szijjártó said NATO, as an organization, has repeatedly declared that it is not a participant in the conflict and will not supply weapons to Ukraine.
“NATO’s current official stance on the war in Ukraine fully coincides with Hungarian interests: NATO is not at war, and we have to do everything to keep it so," the foreign minister said.
Minister Szijjártó said five countries — the United States, Turkey, Croatia, Montenegro and Italy — had indicated their intention to delegate hundreds of soldiers to the unit.
The prime minister said in a video statement that Hungary will not send soldiers or weapons to Ukraine.
“We must prevent ourselves from getting dragged into a conflict of war, and we must say ‘no’ to proposals that may lead to an air war with Russia,” the prime minister said.
Tibor Benkő said a peaceful solution to the standoff between Russia and Ukraine through dialogue is in Hungary’s interest.
The biggest donation, 30 ventilators, will be supplied to Bosnia and Herzegovina to help that country’s hospitals in treating coronavirus patients in a serious condition.
Minister Benkő said Hungary’s armed forces were strong thanks to the country’s military development program.