Orbán not invited, Szijjártó dismisses London meeting as ‘pro-war gathering’
The meeting in London this weekend will be “a gathering of European pro-war forces that Hungary has no business with, as our country belongs to the peace camp”, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, said on Thursday.
Peace negotiations between the US and Russia are ongoing, and “only a US-Russia agreement can end the war in Ukraine”, a ministry statement quoted Szijjártó as saying in reaction to a statement by Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister, that several European leaders will meet in London this weekend.
“We belong to those who are rooting for the success of peace talks…” he said, adding that leaders “who do not regret either [the loss of] lives or billions of euros” were gathering in London.
Important London meeting
On Sunday, 2 March, leaders from a number of EU countries are meeting at the invitation of the British Prime Minister to discuss a common European defence.
As Szabad Európa has learned from diplomatic sources, Viktor Orbán has not been invited.
According to the news outlet, one reason could be that Hungary did not vote for the UN resolution that clearly classified the invasion of Ukraine as Russian aggression.
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