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President Novák: The time has come to start talking about peace
The president said Russia wanted a long war, though any sign of a willingness on its part to explore a peace settlement must be grasped.
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State Secretary: Ukraine war cannot be resolved on the battlefield
“There is only death on the battlefield, but no solution,” Tamás Menczer, the state secretary for bilateral relations, said.
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PM's policy director: A leadership crisis is taking place in Brussels
Balázs Orbán said that “Europe and the European Union are among the losers of the war” in Ukraine.
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Nemeth: Future world order will be based on international community’s approach to Russia
Zsolt Németh said the NATO policy agreed on at last week’s summit in Vilnius that Russia was a threat and that Ukraine’s accession to the alliance was conditional on the...
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FM: Hungary will continue to argue for peace in Ukraine
Minister Szijjártó said that in all cases of armed conflicts in far-away locations, European Union members supported peaceful solutions and dialogue, but have gone a different way in the case of Ukraine.
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FM: Fair chance NATO summit can avoid escalation of war in Ukraine
The foreign minister said the most important objective of the summit for Hungary is reinforcing the statement that NATO is not part of the conflict and will do everything in its power to avoid an escalation.
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PM Orbán: What is happening between Russia and Ukraine is bad and dangerous for Hungarians
The prime minister said he had supported peace from the start of the conflict and had maintained the position that “the conflict must not be made a global war but must be isolated.
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FM: Most member states continue to push for a military solution to the war
Minister Szijjártó said those who favored a solution to the war on the battlefield over a diplomatic settlement bore responsibility for the growing casualties and natural disasters.
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Government orders enhanced training and exercises for armed forces
The defense ministry said in a statement that Hungarian security and defense “are now the first priority”.
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FM: Ukrainian FM levying false accusations against Hungary
Minister Szijjártó said the 11 soldiers, who had been taken prisoners of war by Russia, came to Hungary as a result of the work of the church and the Hungarian Maltese Charity, and without the participation of Hungary’s government.
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FM: Europe needs strategic autonomy
The foreign minister said the continent would lose out if it kept following other global political players instead of enforcing its own interests.
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State Secretary: Nova Kakhovka dam explosion proves need for ceasefire and peace talks
Hungary is on the side of peace, “and as long as it is up to us, it will stay that way,” Tamás Menczer said.
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FM: Global majority clearly wants peace in Ukraine
The foreign minister said Europe is facing its most serious security and economic challenges since the second world war.