FM: EC chief's ceasefire turnaround raises question of how many deaths could have been prevented
Hungary’s government was already calling for an immediate ceasefire and peace talks at the start of the war, Minister Szijjártó said.
Hungary’s government was already calling for an immediate ceasefire and peace talks at the start of the war, Minister Szijjártó said.
The foreign minister said that "we have been thrashed for that position for three years."
Minister Szijjártó said "mankind lives in an age of peril" as armed conflicts became more frequent and more violent.
The prime minister said Hungary and the Vatican had taken the side of peace from the beginning, and now the US was also on the side of peace.
Minister Szijjártó said the new US president also went against "woke ideology" and was fighting the "global dictatorship of the international liberal mainstream".
"Peace has economic benefits, another reason we have undertaken a peace mission in the past three years," PM Orbán said.
The foreign minister has welcomed Wednesday's phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Zsolt Németh welcomed the "flexible stance" of the Ukrainian leadership and expressed hope that President Vladimir Putin would take the same approach.
The foreign minister said: "The Hungarian government insists on its pro-peace stance: Ukraine calls for a ceasefire rather than more weapons."
Minister Szijjártó noted Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's proposal of a ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners in humanitarian steps with the upcoming days of the Christmas celebrations taken into consideration.
"We proposed a Christmas ceasefire and a significant exchange of prisoners of war. Regrettably, Ukrainian President Zelensky point-blank rejected this (proposal) ... We have done what we were able to," PM Orbán said.
The foreign minister said Europe has been handed a chance to restore peace on the continent thanks to Donald Trump's election win.
The foreign minister said the “attacks” on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s peace mission to Kyiv, Moscow, Beijing and Florida had “failed”.