Orbán wants to stay out of NATO mission in Ukraine

Hungary must stay out of a NATO mission in Ukraine at all costs, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview to public radio on Friday.

He said Hungary should not even “dip its toe” in the planning phase, adding there was a risk that Hungarian military units could be transferred to NATO command if the alliance mission in Ukraine were to get under way, and Hungarian territory used for the mission.

“We’d lose a vital part of our sovereignty if that happened … and then we wouldn’t be able to keep the Hungarian troops out of the war,” he said.

Orbán said the point at which Hungary withdrew from all NATO preparations for a Ukraine mission was “very close”, adding that such a step must be first discussed with the alliance’s current and future secretary-general.

“We must make clear that Hungary has the right to stick to the NATO basic treaty that we joined,” he said, noting that it was defined as a defence treaty.

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