Foreign ministry: Hungarian veto is a lie
The foreign ministry on Monday rejected “mendacious” reports that Hungary had vetoed a joint European Union statement welcoming the International Criminal Court’s decision on Russian officials suspected of war crimes.
In a statement to Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, Hungary said it accepted the ICC’s decision to issue a warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, on suspicion of their direct responsibility in the unlawful deportation and transport of Ukrainian children to Russia.
Hungary does not wish to comment on the warrant in any way, foreign ministry spokesman Máté Paczolay said in a statement late on Monday, but it will not object to statements made by the high representative or individual member states on the issue, he added.
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Source: MTI
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Apparently our Politicians did not veto the arrest warrant for Putin but “only opposed the resolution that Josep Borrell wanted to issue on behalf of all EU member states” (in fact – Mr. Szijjártó, our very own Russian Order of Friendship recipient, did).
In addition, on the same day, EU justice ministers issued their own statement supporting the International Criminal Court’s decision, which Hungary, again, has not signed.
No wonder some Ukrainians believe we are siding with the Russians.