FM: War in Ukraine has precipitated the emergence of divisive factions
The foreign minister said it is especially bad news for central Europe since the region has always lost out whenever there was a conflict between East and West.
The foreign minister said it is especially bad news for central Europe since the region has always lost out whenever there was a conflict between East and West.
The foreign minister said the decision to invite Ukraine’s foreign minister undermined the principle of unity within NATO.
“Hungary is not supplying ammunition … we want peace,” the foreign minister said.
Minister Szijjártó told the European Humanitarian Forum that the government’s humanitarian strategy was determined by the proximity of the war in Ukraine and Hungary’s over thousand-year Christian statehood.
Minister Szijjártó met Bishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the head of Vatican diplomacy, in Vatican City on Wednesday.
Hungary is ready to aid Ukraine but will not support further loans taken out jointly by European Union member states.
The government does not back a proposal for the European Union to start a training mission for the Ukrainian army as this would risk escalating the war.
The finance minister said Hungary has so far provided over HUF 28 billion (EUR 70.5m) worth of aid to Ukraine and has taken in more than 900,000 refugees.
Saturday’s shooting near Subotica, Serbia, shows that the migration pressure has reached a new level of danger, with armed migrants becoming more aggressive and more violent.
PM Orbán blamed the EU for proposing further successive sanctions and bringing about economic woes on top of the war.
Zoltán Kovács said Hungary will also continue to stand up for its own interests, especially in energy policy.
PM Orbán agreed with the EU proposal to grant candidate status to Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.