Szijarto believes that Ukraine threatens the security and sovereignty of Hungary

18 May 2023, 00:53 | Policy 
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Ukraine is taking hostile and threatening actions against Hungary, says Foreign Minister Peter Szijarto, writes Index.

In particular, the politician referred to an article published in the Washington Post, where, citing allegedly secret US intelligence documents, it was alleged that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wanted to blow up the Druzhba pipeline, which also supplies oil to Hungary..

The minister called these intentions, not officially confirmed, a "

According to him, until Ukraine changes its policy, Hungary will not help a country that is fighting Russian aggression..

In particular, according to Sijarto, in order to improve relations with Hungary, Ukraine should exclude OTP-Bank from the list of international sponsors of the war..

Until then, he repeated, Hungary will not participate in decisions related to the European Peace Program and sanctions..

He added that due to the hostility of Kyiv, Budapest will not support either the sanctions package or the new 500 million euro grant from the European Peace Program..

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Szijarto also criticized the 11th package of sanctions prepared by the European Commission due to the fact that eight Chinese companies were included in it and reiterated that he considers sanctions the wrong decision from the very beginning, because, in his opinion, Europe will lose from their implementation..

At the end of his speech, Szijarto once again emphasized that until Ukraine removes OTP from the black list, Hungary will not agree to any EU decision requiring new financial and economic sacrifices from member countries..

On April 11, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijarto visited Moscow to discuss energy issues.

A month later, he visited Beijing, where, according to him, he spoke about Ukraine..

Источник: Зеркало недели