NATO summit in Washington apparently ended with a Hungarian announcement. At the end of the alliance summit in Washington, the Hungarian government accused its NATO partners of double standards and failure in dealing with Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
“We will continue to advocate for dialogue and diplomatic channels, as the current strategy of the past two and a half years has been a total failure,” Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a spokesman said.
Szijjarto represented Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who left the summit early to meet former US President Donald Trump in Florida.
Hungary merges Ukraine with the Middle East
In particular, Szijjarto criticized the inconsistency of NATO rejecting dialogue with Russia while pressuring Israel to negotiate with Hamas.
“They want Israel to negotiate with a terrorist organization to resolve a security crisis, while diplomatic channels are closed for the war in Ukraine,” he said.
Budapest discusses secret negotiations
Szijjarto also criticized the fact that pressure was being put on EU countries like Hungary to end nuclear cooperation with Russia, while trade between the US and Russia, especially in uranium, was increasing. He also asked whether there might be secret negotiations.
What the Hungarian chief diplomat missed is that the US will ban Russian uranium imports starting August 11. “Our country’s clean energy future will not depend on Russian imports,” US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in May.
Regarding Ukraine’s desire to join NATO, Szijjarto said that Ukraine’s NATO membership could weaken the alliance from a Hungarian perspective. It is therefore important to check your membership carefully.
Budapest stands alone
After the summit, the participants of the meeting said that Hungary had been isolated during the discussion. Several allies also made it clear that they did not agree with the statements of the Hungarian Foreign Minister.
Orbán’s visit to Trump had already sparked discussions at the summit before his foreign minister’s speech. The former US president, who is now running again after being voted out of office four years ago, is, like Orbán, open to negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. After a meeting in March, Orbán called Trump a “president of peace”, while the American praised the Hungarian as the “best leader” ever.
Weltenbummler Orbán
Before his trip to the United States, Orbán visited Ukraine, Russia and then China as part of what he described as a “peace mission.”
This caused a stir, especially in Brussels, as Hungary currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council and the Kremlin exploited the visit to Moscow for its propaganda.
Source: Krone
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