Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto had a telephone conversation with the head of the so-called Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov. This happened at the time when Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
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According to the Muscovites, the call was initiated by the Hungarian side. According to the statement, the parties “highly assessed the level of Russian-Hungarian political dialogue.”
It was emphasized that bilateral cooperation, despite the extremely difficult international situation, continues to gradually develop in the spirit of healthy pragmatism and mutual benefit, the Russian Foreign Ministry points out.
Recall that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visited the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday, July 2. This is his first visit to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion. Orban last visited Kyiv in 2012 to meet with then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. And now Orban, a consistent critic of Ukraine’s European integration aspirations and an outspoken opponent of military and financial aid to Ukraine from the EU and NATO, has arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit. This happened only a few days after Viktor Orban and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met at the EU summit in Brussels, where they had a short private conversation. However, they did have full-fledged talks in Kyiv, after which the Hungarian Prime Minister said he wanted to resolve all disputes between the two countries.
According to Orban, Hungary and Ukraine will soon sign a global cooperation agreement because official Budapest wants to participate in the modernization of the Ukrainian economy. Orban also suggested that Zelensky consider a “ceasefire” to speed up peace talks, since Russia’s war in Ukraine has a major impact on Europe’s security.
At a briefing following the bilateral talks, the Hungarian prime minister appeared quite decisive in his statements, in contrast to the Ukrainian president, who had a sad or even somewhat disappointed expression on his face.
Source: Racurs
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