US Edition'We won't be dragged into this' — Hungary opposes $22 billion EU aid package for Ukraine
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The majority of European Union states have decided to follow a path that will lead to the "lasting ruin" of the bloc's economy and security, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after the Foreign Affairs Council, which...
Foreign minister: Brussels wants to sacrifice Transcarpathia Hungarian community for Ukraine - DailyNewsHungary
Budapest, March 17 (MTI)—The EU is willing to sacrifice the Transcarpathian Hungarian community and its rights for Ukraine’s “lightning” accession, the foreign minister Péter Szijjártó said after a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on Monday. The Ukrainian foreign minister, Szijjártó told a press conference, had called the status of the community “an artificial issue” at the meeting, and this was “totally unacceptable”. Equal…
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on March 17 denounced EU plans to provide Ukraine with an additional €20 billion in aid, a measure that is believed to be on the agenda of a ministerial meeting in Brussels on the same day.
'We won't be dragged into this' — Hungary opposes $22 billion EU aid package for Ukraine
Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on March 17 denounced EU plans to provide Ukraine with an additional 20 billion euros ($22 billion) in aid, a step allegedly on the agenda of a ministerial meeting in Brussels later the same day."We won't be dragged into this; we will not allow Hungarian taxpayers' money to be used to finance arms shipments to Ukraine," Szijjarto said on Facebook, insisting instead that Budapest supports peace negotiati…
The EU could create a new package of billions for Ukraine, for which the EU Foreign Ministers are meeting today. There are already plans on how a veto of Kremlin friend Orban can be avoided. However, war threats against NATO are coming from Moscow again.
Hungary will not agree to a proposed funding plan for Ukraine by EU Foreign Commissioner Kaja Kallas next Thursday, which is likely to be ahead of the summit of EU leaders. This is what Hungarian Minister of European Affairs János Bóka said on Tuesday before the meeting of European Affairs ministers. It is not “in Hungary's strategic interest,” the minister said.
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