Peter Szijjártó argues that Budapest cannot be criticized because Ukrainians of Hungarian origin are fighting at the front.
Hungary allegedly paid too much for the war in Ukraine. This is what Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on his Facebook page on Sunday, April 30.
So the head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry responded to the previous criticism of the leader of Ukraine on the controversial behavior of Budapest towards Russia, which NATO considers as the main danger.
The official says Volodymyr Zelensky allegedly has “no right to review” Hungary’s behavior as a NATO member state.
“Fortunately, it is not for him to decide. The Hungarians have already paid a very high price for this war,” said Szijjártó.
The head of the Hungarian ministry said that “many Hungarians – members of the Hungarian community of Transcarpathia” were killed in this war.”
“If this statement means: “I sincerely thank the Hungarians for hosting and taking care of more than a million refugees from Ukraine, and I respectfully thank them for continuing to send aid! “, then “Welcome to you and you can count on us in the future “, the Hungarian official mocked in his statement.
It should be noted that on March 27, most Ukrainian refugees were recorded in Poland – 1.577 million people. In second place is Germany – 922 thousand refugees from Ukraine, and in third place – the Czech Republic with 502 thousand people. In addition, 191,000 Ukrainians settled in the UK, 123,000 Ukrainian citizens received protection in Romania, 112,000 in Slovenia, over 173,000 in Italy, and over 171,000 in Spain.
As for Hungary, at the end of March there were 34,000 refugees from Ukraine. In this regard, it is not clear what Peter Szijjártó’s “million refugees” is talking about in Hungary.
UN data on the number of refugees in EU countries
Remember that the Hungarian government periodically makes inflammatory statements about Ukraine, and also maintains close relations with the Kremlin. For example, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reacted negatively to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s statement about Ukraine’s future in the Alliance.
In addition, on April 11, Peter Szijjártó arrived in Moscow to negotiate with the Russian authorities in the field of energy.
Orban calls Ukraine a “non-existent country”
Source: korrespondent
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