Hungarian FM: “peace must come as soon as possible”
The approaching winter is raising the spectre of a humanitarian disaster in Ukraine, where “peace must come as soon as possible,” Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Geneva on Thursday, adding that Europe is also suffering from the “double pressure from the consequences of war and illegal migration”.
Szijjártó spoke at the general debate of a meeting of the UN International Oraganisation for Migration (IOM), the foreign ministry told MTI.
Hungary, georgaphically exposed to both sources of pressure, is implementing the largest humanitarian action of its history to help the refugees fleeing the conflict in neighbouring Ukraine, he said. It has accepted some 1 million people and offers schooling and provisions to those who want to stay, he said.
At the same time, the coming winter is threatening with a humanitarian disaster and “the prospects are terrible” for Ukraine, Szijjártó said.
“When, if not now, should we call for peace as soon as possible and warn those who escalate the war further rather than helping to stop it?” he said.
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Meanwhile, Hungary is also facing a “siege” at its southern border, where it thwarted 255,000 illegal entry attempts this year only, he said.
“A new dimension of violence and aggression” has also emerged as armed migrants attacked each other and border patrols there, he said.
The number of new arrivals is growing, as shown in the 1,500 actions authorities have launched against people smugglers, a number “similar to those during the migration crisis of 2015”, he said.
Hungary is ready to accept all refugees from Ukraine as the first safe country for those fleeing the war, but will reject those who have “crossed five or six states” to come to its southern border, he said.
“We will always protect our borders, fulfilling our national and European Union duties,” he said.
He called for an end to the EU’s “pro-migration” policy, calling for support to member states in protecting their territory. “Pro-migration” policies support the “business model” of people smugglers, he said. “The so-called NGOs bringing asylum seekers to the continent across the borders with safe countries or via dangerous routes across the Mediterranean also count as people smugglers,” he said.
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Source: MTI
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The war between Ukraine/Russia will coninue for years. It is not in the interest of the US and EU to have a thriving Russia. Think of the profits are being made in armaments. One of Zelensky’s first move was to silence all opposition voices and parties. There is no such thing as free press in the Ukraine. Zelensky’s main occupation presently is to keep the war going and beg for money. They are not fighting for democracy. There is and there was no imperical evidence that Russia was prepared to attack any other foreign countries.
Many EU nations, just enslave people of other countries by buying diamond and mineral mines. They have yet to pay a livable wage to the minors who work. in these mines or dirty industries.
Only profit matters. Enslavement and wars are the rule of the day and will be for some time to come.