Zelensky made it clear that Hungary cannot be a mediator: it does not have an EU mandate.
The adviser to the head of the Office of the President, Mikhail Podolyak, noted that official Kyiv does not accept the initiative of the head of the Hungarian government, Viktor Orban, to mediate between Ukraine and Russia, because he does not understand the nature of the conflict. He said this in an interview with derStandard.
President Vladimir Zelensky made it clear that Hungary cannot be a mediator: it does not have an EU mandate.
“We look at this as a ‘technical’ trip. He came here, expressed his unique position on this war: that we should stop defending ourselves. Then he went to Moscow, met with Putin and talked about to the surrender of Ukraine. And it was at that moment “When he said that Ukraine should cease fire, Russia shelled a children’s hospital in Kyiv It was not an initiative, Orban did not understand the nature of characteristic of this conflict,” explained Podolyak.
Intermediaries can only be the EU, China or the USA.
Let’s remember that on July 2, the Prime Minister of Hungary visited Ukraine for the first time since the beginning of a full-scale war and met with President Vladimir Zelensky. He suggested that Ukraine cease fire and then start peace negotiations with Russia.
Orbán subsequently visited Moscow. Traveling from Moscow after a meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, the Hungarian prime minister said he plans to make several more “surprise” visits.
And on July 9, Orban said that the Russian missile attack on Kyiv indicates that the war in Ukraine is taking a new turn.
Source: korrespondent
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