Hungary won’t approve EU decisions disadvantageously affecting Turkic states

Sándor Lezsák, Deputy Speaker of Hungarian parliament, has attended and addressed the 12th plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States (TURKPA), the press chief of parliament said on Saturday.

Lezsák told the meeting in Ankara on Friday that “our country is the only European Union member state involved in Turkic cooperation”, Zoltán Szilágyi said in a statement. He reiterated Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s remarks made at a summit of the Organisation of Turkic States, according to which Hungary would not approve any decisions in the EU that might disadvantageously affect the interests of Turkic states, he added.

On the sidelines of the meeting, Lezsák held bilateral talks with Mustafa Sentop, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye. The sides discussed bilateral relations, the upcoming general elections in Türkiye and current issues around NATO’s expansion. Lezsák also met Sultan Raev, Secretary General of the International Organisation of Turkic Culture (TUKSOY), and laid wreaths at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

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