Hungary tries to save Russian businessmen from the new EU sanctions
PM Péter Szijjártó talked about that struggle to Ria Novosty, Russia’s official news agency. He said nine Russian businessmen are concerned, none of them representatives of Putin’s government.
Hungary tried to save Russian businessmen before
Telex.hu summarised what the Hungarian foreign minister said to Ria Novosty. Szijjártó argued that Turkic states asked the Hungarian government to exempt nine Russian businessmen, since they count on their investments in their countries. The Hungarian foreign minister said there was no legal ground to sanction those people. One of them is probably former Formula-1 champion Nikita Mazepin (Honda), whose father is a member of Putin’s inner circle.
1386 Russian nationals and 171 organisations are currently on the list. Szijjártó said they unsuccessfully tried to exempt Russians during the negotiations of the tenth sanction package. Hungary accepted all of the anti-Russia sanctions, though, in many cases, the country received privileges, for example, concerning crude oil deliveries.
Parliamentary group leader: ‘We are committed to peace’
MPs of ruling Fidesz-KDNP are submitting a “pro-peace resolution” to parliament because “Hungary is committed to peace and will use all means to give voice to that commitment”, the head of the parliamentary group of Fidesz said on public radio on Sunday.
Máté Kocsis told Kossuth Radio that Hungary is “under political pressure” from the leaders of other European Union members states, the “elite in Brussels” and even the US ambassador to get the country to “deliver weapons or at least allow weapons deliveries”. “That political pressure requires a political response,” he added.
While the government has voiced its stand on a number of occasions, Hungary’s parliament has not yet issued a pro-peace resolution, he said. The declaration aims to support the government’s position, condemn Russia’s military aggression and recognise Ukraine’s right to self-defence, he added.
“The Hungarian people have clearly said that Hungary does not want to be swept into the war,” he said.
Hungary to host Ukraine-North Macedonia handball match
Kisvárda, in the northeast of Hungary, will host a 2023 International Handball Federation Women’s World Championship play-off match between Ukraine and North Macedonia on April 11, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, said in a post on Facebook on Sunday.
Szijjarto said the head of the Handball Federation of Ukraine asked Hungary a few weeks earlier for assistance to organise the match in Kisvarda because of the security situation in Ukraine. “Naturally, we said yes.” He added that the Hungarian government has decided to pay for the cost of organising the match as well as room and board for the teams. The two teams will face each other in the first leg of the play-offs in Skopje on April 8.
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Source: MTI, telex.hu