Even more unexpected diplomatic steps within the framework of the “peace mission” for Ukraine will follow a visit to Moscow at the beginning of Hungary’s presidency of the European Union, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said this today in an interview with the country’s state radio, Bloomberg reports.
“I have more peacekeeping missions in my pocket. We will continue with unexpected initiatives, each of which will bring us one step closer to peace.” – said Orbán.
Hungary’s prime minister warned Hungary’s EU and NATO partners about his first diplomatic mission in July, which included meetings with the Russian president. Vladimir Putin In Moscow, the President of China Xi Jinping in Beijing and the Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, the agency recalls.
It should be noted that Western allies have branded Orban’s peace initiative as an attempt to undermine support for kyiv. In protest, many EU countries, as well as the European Commission, have since scaled back their presence at events organised by Hungary as part of its six-month presidency of the bloc, including a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors that begins on Friday in Budapest.
