19 Feb. () –
The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, reaffirmed this Saturday during his speech on the state of the nation his neutral position regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine and calls to see “beyond Brussels”.
The prime minister’s speech, which lasted almost an hour, had an impact on his rejection of the community policies of approving sanctions against Moscow and encouraging the shipment of arms to Kiev to stop the war in Ukraine, which reaches its first anniversary this February 24th.
“The war in Ukraine is not a conflict between the armies of good and evil, but between two Slavic countries fighting each other. This is their war, not ours,” stressed the president while blaming the EU for transcending the conflict beyond its borders.
“If we want the security of Hungary and ensure its peace, we only have one option: to stay out of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine,” said the Hungarian leader in statements collected by the local media ‘The Budapest Times’.
In this sense, the prime minister has pointed out to the left wing of the opposition for being in favor of kyiv and the shipment of arms to the president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski.
Respect for sympathies with the Kremlin, Orbán has defended that sending humanitarian aid, which he has described as “the largest in the country’s history”, and welcoming Ukrainian refugees does not mean cutting ties with Moscow.
“We will maintain humanitarian aid to Ukraine, but also economic relations with Russia because what is at stake are national interests,” Orbán added, considering that sanctions against Russian oil “would lead Hungary to ruin.”
